Larks
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Alaudidae
Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide and 16 species which occur in Tanzania.
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra
- Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis
- Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
- Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Foxy Lark Calendulauda alopex
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Beesley's Lark Chersomanes beesleyi (E)
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Short-tailed Lark Pseudalaemon fremantlii
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tanzania
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