The British name for what North Americans call the horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), a small ground-dwelling bird that visits British shores in winter.
The British name for what North Americans call the horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), a small ground-dwelling bird that visits British shores in winter. The British name reflects where the bird is typically seen in the UK — along coastal shorelines and shingle beaches. The species is the same; only the common name differs.
A small flock of shore larks was working the strandline at the edge of the sea.
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The standard American English name for Eremophila alpestris, a widespread North American songbird recognized by the small black 'horns' or feather tufts on its head. Found across open habitats from Arctic tundra to desert. The name is standard ornithological and common-usage English rather than slang.
(US) A lark, , with distinctive facial markings.
A British regional dialect name for the mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus), a large thrush known for its loud, piercing song that it delivers even in stormy weather. The name captures the bird's most distinctive quality — its shrill, insistent call. Like many dialect bird names, it has largely been replaced by the standard English name.
The greater short-toed lark ().
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(UK) A horned lark ().
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