The Horned Lark has a large range, estimated globally at 10,000,000 square kilometers. Horned Larks return to their natal breeding grounds every migration. Look carefully at a bare, brown field, especially in winter, and you may be surprised to see it crawling with little brown shapes. This species is known in Europe as Shore Lark and its range in the Old World extends from the shores of the Arctic Ocean to North Africa. On the hind toe, there is a long, straight claw. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris. One species of lark has been recorded in Georgia. Title Horned Lark Range - CWHR B337 [ds1569] Publication date 2016-02-0100:00:00 Presentation formats digital map FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data Other citation details These are the same layers as appear in the CWHR System software. Horned Lark is found across much of North America and Eurasia. Horned Larks range throughout most of the United States. Young typically hatch on the same day and are covered in a buff-colored down which offers some protection from the elements and helps camouflage them from predators.

On open fields in winter, flocks of Horned Larks walk and run on the ground, examining the soil and stubble in search of seeds.

The streaked horned lark is an uncommon breeder on airport grasslands and remnant prairies and beaches of western Washington and Oregon.

The first Horned Lark recorded in Tennessee was in 1925.

Horned Larks are very early breeders, they have been found to nest in February in their northern range. Boxplots provide a quick visual of the distribution of the variable importance from the random forest models from all 147 species (black boxplot) and how each species fits into the overall distribution (cyan line). They lay 2 to 5 eggs which take 11 to 12 days to hatch. Horned Lark (AOU 1957) and genetic data indicate that the Streaked Horned Lark is unique, isolated, and has little genetic diversity (Drovetski et al. The breeding range of the Lark The claw or 'larkspur' is a common characteristic of members of the lark family (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 2000). Global range. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Often in flocks, sometimes with pipits or longspurs. This map depicts the range boundary, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur at a rate of 5% or more for at least one week within … Map from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Characteristics and Range North America's only native lark, the Horned Lark, is one of the world's most eye-catching when in breeding-plumage.

Horned Larks are social birds and are often found in large flocks or in open country where there is bare ground or habitat with short vegetation. Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris