Archer's Lark - Ecology

Ecology

Although it lives in mostly open grasslands and open rocky countryside, the Archer's Lark avoids open spaces and makes its way through any grass or bush cover it can find. Its habitat receives approximately 30-40 centimeters of rainfall per year. It also flies periodically and nests have been spotted during the Summer. Its diet remains unconfirmed, but like other larks it likely feeds on seeds and small insects, including worms. The lark's clutch-size is 3 eggs. Their land has been claimed by African refugees and turned into farmlands. The grasses in their habitat, which they need to survive are being destroyed by the Parthenium hysterophorus weed. The only known site for the Archer’s Lark and the area being affected is the Wajaale clay plains on the border of Ethiopia and Somaliland where they have not been seen since 1922.