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Larks are birds of open country. They spend most of their time on the ground in fields, steppes or deserts. Nearly all of them belong to the Old World. Several are famous for singing in flight, high above the land. Their sandy brown plumage blends into the ground.
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Alaudidae
Melanocorypha calandra · Least concern
Its name goes back to kalandros, the Ancient Greek word for this bird. Its song entered a Tuscan proverb, 'Canta come una calandra', and a Spanish ballad in which it is the only way a prisoner knows day has broken. A large lark of 17.5 to 20 cm, it nests on the ground under a tussock.
Photo: Dûrzan cîrano (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Alaudidae
Galerida cristata · Least concern
The crested lark is so sedentary that it is only a very rare vagrant to Great Britain, even though it breeds as close as northern France. Its world population is estimated at 22 to 91.2 million mature birds, but numbers in Europe have fallen since 1982.
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Alaudidae
Alauda arvensis · Least concern
The male sings on the wing, hovering 50 to 100 m above open fields. A song usually lasts two or three minutes; later in the season, it can go on for 20 minutes or more. The nest is a simple hollow in the ground, well away from trees and hedges.
Photo: El Golli Mohamed (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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