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EDITOR: An excellent photo of a North American race (subspecies) showing the summertime horns,
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English Horned Lark Scientific (Eremophila alpestris) Order PASSERIFORMES Family (Latin) Alaudidae Family (English) Larks Other name(s) Shore Lark Breeding Regions NA, MA, EU Breeding Range widespread Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Canada, IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range khamensis sw and sc China atlas Morocco brandti se European Russia to w Mongolia and n China flava n Europe and n Asia peregrina Colombia oaxacae s Mexico chrysolaema wc to ec Mexico diaphora s Coahuila to ne Puebla (nc and e Mexico) lactea Coahuila (nc Mexico) balcanica s Balkans and Greece kumerloevei w and c Asia Minor penicillata e Turkey and the Caucasus to Iran elwesi s and e Tibetan Plateau longirostris ne Pakistan and w Himalayas nigrifrons ne Qinghai (wc China) przewalskii n Qinghai (wc China) teleschowi w and wc China argalea extreme w China albigula ne Iran and Turkmenistan to nw Pakistan bicornis Lebanon to Israel/Syria border aphrasta Chihuahua and Durango (nw Mexico) giraudi coastal sc USA and ne Mexico enthymia sc Canada to Oklahoma and Texas (c USA) leucolaema s Alberta (sw Canada) through nc and c USA lamprochroma inland mts. of w USA alpina mts. of w Washington (nw USA) strigata coastal s British Columbia (w Canada) to coastal Oregon (w USA) merrilli w coast of Canada and USA alpestris e Canada hoyti n Canada praticola se Canada, ne and ec USA sierrae mountains of ne California (w USA) rubea c California (w USA) enertera c Baja California (nw Mexico) adusta s Arizona and s New Mexico (sw USA), nc Mexico? occidentalis n Arizona to c New Mexico (sw USA) leucansiptila deserts of s Nevada, w Arizona (sw USA) and nw Mexico ammophila deserts of se California and sw Nevada (sw USA) actia coastal mountains of s California (w USA) and n Baja California (nw Mexico) insularis islands off s California (w USA) utahensis mountains of wc USA arcticola n Alaska to British Columbia (w Canada)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Linnaeus, 1758) German Ohrenlerche French Alouette hausse-col Chinese 角百灵 Japanese ハマヒバリ Russian Рогатый жаворонок Spanish Alondra cornuda Portuguese calhandra-cornuda Bird Data App text Larks are ground birds often found in deserts in most of the Old World. Only this species lives in the Americas.
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
