Family
Larks
Alaudidae
88 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark occurs in Australia.
Species in this family
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Lesser Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon hamertoni
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera
- Raso Skylark Alauda razae
- Angola Lark Amirafra angolensis
- Collared Lark Amirafra collaris
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi
- Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Rufous-capped Lark Calandrella eremica
- Fawn-coloured Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Karoo Lark Calendulauda albescens
- Red Lark Calendulauda burra
- Dune Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys
- Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana
- Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Cape Clapper Lark Corypha apiata
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Somali Lark Corypha somalica
- Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni
- Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites
- Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
- Black-eared Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix australis
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Tawny Lark Galerida deva
- Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris
- Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Liben Lark Heteromirafra archeri
- Rudd's Lark Heteromirafra ruddi
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica
- Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- Williams's Lark Mirafra williamsi
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Jerdon's Bushlark Plocealauda affinis
- Bengal Bushlark Plocealauda assamica
- Indochinese Bushlark Plocealauda erythrocephala
- Indian Bushlark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Burmese Bushlark Plocealauda microptera
- Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Botha's Lark Spizocorys fringillaris
- Masked Lark Spizocorys personata
- Sclater's Lark Spizocorys sclateri
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
Lookalikes compared
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark vs Oriental Skylark
- Dunn's Lark vs Asian Short-toed Lark
- Dusky Lark vs Black-eared Sparrow-Lark
- Fawn-coloured Lark vs Dune Lark
- Flappet Lark vs Botha's Lark
- Flappet Lark vs Monotonous Lark
- Flappet Lark vs Red-capped Lark
- Flappet Lark vs Stark's Lark
- Greater Short-toed Lark vs Bimaculated Lark
- Karoo Lark vs Red Lark
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark vs Crested Lark
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark vs Thekla's Lark
- Monotonous Lark vs Pink-billed Lark
- Pink-billed Lark vs Botha's Lark
- Rufous-naped Lark vs Flappet Lark
- Rufous-naped Lark vs Friedmann's Lark
- Sabota Lark vs Fawn-coloured Lark
- Shore Lark vs Bimaculated Lark
- Shore Lark vs Greater Short-toed Lark
- Short-clawed Lark vs Fawn-coloured Lark
- Spike-heeled Lark vs Dusky Lark
- Stark's Lark vs Pink-billed Lark
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark vs Woodlark
- Woodlark vs Thekla's Lark