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 13 species which occur in Uganda.
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra
- Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
- Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Foxy Lark Calendulauda alopex
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Fischer's Sparrow-lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Uganda
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