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Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: ALAUDIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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The only true lark native to North America, the Horned Lark is a common, widespread bird of open country.

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Calls

  • Song, calls
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song a series of high, musical tinkling notes. Call a single or double-syllable notes, "weet" or "su-weet."

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