crested lark
Galerida cristata latin

And the crested larks walking about the field out there, searching for grains.

It is softer and more tuneful than that of the Crested Lark.

On some species of Crested Lark.

It is very similar to the widespread Crested Lark, Galerida cristata.

It is smaller and dark-streaked reddish brown in plumage, whereas the Crested Lark is grey.

Examples are Crested Lark and Marmora's Warbler.

This is the crux of the debate: Ferruç finds the Majorca headwear makes the women look like crested larks (cogulhades).

Very hard to distinguish from Crested Lark in the field, but tends to be smaller and have shorter bill, more conspicuous spots on breast and greyer underwing.

CRESTED LARK Galerida cristata.

Distinguishing characters between Thekla Lark and Crested Lark (PDF; 1.7 MB)

As an island, it has fewer breeding species than continental Europe, with some species, like crested lark, breeding as close as northern France, yet unable to colonise Britain.

This sanctuary is a favorite nesting place for the speckled piculet, Malabar crested lark, and some species of Himalayan birds such as the Indian blue robin during the winter months.

The Malabar Lark, or Malabar Crested Lark (Galerida malabarica) is a sedentary breeding bird in western India.

The Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) breeds across most of temperate Eurasia from Portugal to northeast China and eastern India, and in Africa south to Niger.

A trio of crested larks marched past, pecking for fallen grains, and after they disappeared he started at the cypresses and asked, "Suppose the spirit that forms the beautiful cone is not within the cypress?

And worse than that, the crested lark, that was formerly so timid and shy, is now no better than a thief, and steals maize and corn whenever she can find them.' '

Corydalis (Greek korydalís "crested lark") is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the Papaveraceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern Africa.

Arroyos formed by torrential rain harbor the scarce vegetation and fauna such as Swifts, Hedgehogs, Jackdaws, Pin-tailed Sandgrouses, Blue Rock Thrushes, Stone Curlews, Trumpeter Finches, and Crested Larks.

Other species of wildlife include wild boar, foxes, grass snakes such as Orsini's viper, and a wide variety of bird life including golden eagles, peregrine, goshawks, Ortolan buntings, rock sparrows, crested larks, red-backed shrikes and downy pipits.

The stuffed crested lark in a glass cage was the pet of Napoleon's son, the "Eaglet" of Edmond Rostand's play, who lived in Schonbrunn as a virtual captive, like his gray-brown warbler, and died there at the age of 21.

Best distinction is song, more like Skylark and Short-toed Lark (p 201), and still more mimetic, delivered either in a fluttering circular display flight, followed by an earthward plummet or, rather more often than Crested Lark, from a bush top or even a tree; call sometimes disyllabic.

Tal Chappar wild life sanctuary comes alive with the chirping of various migratory birds including montagur's, marsh harrier, pale harrier, imperial eagle, tawny eagle, short toed eagle, sparrow hawk, skylark, crested lark, ring drove, brown dove, blue jay, green bee eaters, black ibis and demoiselle cranes.

It is very similar to the widespread Crested Lark, Galerida cristata.

CRESTED LARK Galerida cristata.

The Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) breeds across most of temperate Eurasia from Portugal to northeast China and eastern India, and in Africa south to Niger.