A widespread lark of open country, especially the Arctic and mountains, the male having a black and white head pattern and two small black hornlike crests; a shorelark.
Example sentencesExamples
They are a bit bigger and plumper than a horned lark and they have a funny little crest on their head that always seems to be sticking straight up.
Out of sight a bird called, an early arrival, perhaps a horned lark.
I hadn't gone much farther when I found the horned larks that Bill said would be in the freshly manured field along the same road.
The longest living known individuals are an 8 year, 5 month old skylark and a 7 year 11 month old horned lark.
Migrating birds can be seen as early as January, when horned larks arrive, followed by waterfowl in February and March.
Definition of horned lark in US English:
horned lark
noun
A widespread lark of open country, especially the Arctic and mountains, the male having a black and white head pattern and two small black hornlike crests.
Genus Eremophila, family Alaudidae: two species, in particular E. alpestris. British name: shorelark
British term shorelark
Example sentencesExamples
Out of sight a bird called, an early arrival, perhaps a horned lark.
Migrating birds can be seen as early as January, when horned larks arrive, followed by waterfowl in February and March.
The longest living known individuals are an 8 year, 5 month old skylark and a 7 year 11 month old horned lark.
I hadn't gone much farther when I found the horned larks that Bill said would be in the freshly manured field along the same road.
They are a bit bigger and plumper than a horned lark and they have a funny little crest on their head that always seems to be sticking straight up.