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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, PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Canada, China,Colombia,Croatia,Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany, Greece,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq,Israel,Japan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia, Lebanon,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Mexico,Moldova,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Nepal, Netherlands,Norway,Pakistan,Poland,Romania,Russia,Serbia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland, Syria,Tajikistan,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Kingdom,United States - Alaska,United States - mainland,Uzbekistan,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
khamensis sw, 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, e Mexico)
lactea Coahuila (nc Mexico)
balcanica s Balkans and Greece
kumerloevei w, c Asia Minor
penicillata e Turkey and the Caucasus to Iran
elwesi s, 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 mountains of w USA
alpina mountains 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 and ne, 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, рюм
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.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
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, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL 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)