Horned Lark (Male)

  • Scientific Name: Eremophila Alpestris
  • Common Name: Horned Lark (Male)
  • Diet: seeds, insect, spiders
  • Color: grayish brown
  • Size: 7.5 inches
  • Active Period: Year-round
  • Habitat: town
  • Field Identification: black facial marks, black forehead with black horns, black bib
  • Nest: depression on ground
  • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  • Genus: Eremophila
  • Family: Alaudidae (lark)
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
  • Species: alpestris