Horned lark
Eremophila alpestris
Identification Tips:
- Length: 6.5 inches
- Thin bill
- Black mask, horns and breastband
- White or yellow supercilium
- White or yellow throat
- Gray-brown upperparts
- Pale underparts
- Black tail with white outer tail feathers
- Dark legs
- Juvenile is duller, lacks horns
- Inhabits open areas with short or sparse vegeation
- Often found in large flocks
Similar species:
The face pattern of the Horned Lark is quite different from other
field-loving species.
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.