Eremophila |

Shore Lark
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Scientific classification |
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Species |
E. bilopha
E. alpestris |
The
bird genus Eremophila comprises the two
horned larks:
- the
Shore Lark, Eremophila alpestris, known in
North America as the Horned Lark,
- and
Temminck's Lark, or Temminck's Horned Lark,
Eremophila bilopha.
These are
larks of open country which nest is on the ground. The
migratory Shore Lark breeds across much of the northern
regions of North America, Europe and Asia and in the
mountains of Europe. Temminck’s Lark is mainly a resident
breeding species across much of north Africa, through
northern Arabia to western Iraq.
Unlike most other
larks, these are distinctive looking species with
striking head and face patterns, black and white in
Temminck’s Lark and black and yellow in most Shore Larks.
The summer males of both species have black "horns", which
give these larks their alternative names.