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 10 species which occur in Nepal.
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans (A)
- Bengal Bushlark Mirafra assamica
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix grisea
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Sand Lark Calandrella raytal
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nepal
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