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	Wikinfo \| Lark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Larks are passerine birds of the predominantly Old World family Alaudidae.
		Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights.
		Lark is an XML syntax analyzer written by Tim Bray.
	www.internet-encyclopedia.org /wiki.phtml?title=Lark (144 words)

	Birds: Alaudidae
		Mirafra somalica (Witherby, 1903) - Somali Long-billed Lark
		Calandrella rufescens (Vieillot, 1820) - Lesser Short-toed Lark
		Calandrella somalica (Sharpe, 1895) - Rufous Short-toed Lark
	www.phthiraptera.org /Birds/Passeriformes/Alaudidae.html (202 words)

	Lark page
		The Larks are a large family of ground-dwelling birds, most of them in open country habitats from desert to grassland to stony steppe.
		Larks are primarily Old World birds, and their center of distribution is in Africa (67 species, 52 of which are endemic to Africa).
		It is the Horned Lark (right), a bird which is at home in open spaces from the tundra shores of Canada to the open grasslands of the Great Plains to the high meadows of the Andes.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/larks.html (1437 words)

	AVIFAUNA - Picchio Verde. . . l'altro web site
		The latiplantar tarsus and the ossified syringeal pessulus have been the basis for viewing the larks as a "primitive" group and for their isolation at the beginning of the sequence of passerine families in virtually all classifications since 1839.
		The larks resemble the wagtails and pipits (Motacillidae) in their terrestrial habits and the two groups have been placed next to one another in some classifications.
		Larks are open country birds, often occurring in desert, semi-desert, rocky or grassy environments.
	www.scricciolo.com /classificazione/passeriformes22.htm (4319 words)

	WORLDTWITCH - Cameroon Birding Trip Report by Ron Hoff
		We birded the early morning until about 10, came back to the lodge for breakfast, went birding until about 3, came back for a quick sandwich, and went back out until dark.
		As we were going back to the lodge, he stopped and took them to where we saw them.
		After breakfast we drove back to Nyasoso, where we stayed at a different guesthouse for the night, as Lucy’s was full with another birding group.
	www.worldtwitch.com /cameroon_hoff.htm (5096 words)

	Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This lark is a bird of open dry habitats.
		The male is striking, with solid fl underparts and head apart from brilliant white patches on the nape and behind the eyes.
		The female Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark is a drabber bird with heavily streaked buff-white underparts and head, and a white nape collar.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/chestnut_backed_sparrow_lark (176 words)

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		Black Bustards were dis\-playing along the road back to the hotel and Brad\-fi\-eld's Swift was common in the air above the hotel.\par }{\plain \f1\fs20 \par }{\plain \f1\fs20 A trip back to the }{\plain \b\i\f1\fs20 airfield at Karibib}{\plain \f1\fs20 gave a Caspian Plover.
		Back at the camp the reception didn't know what to do, as the nurse who was supposed to be in the camp was reported sick.
		Quail and Cloud Cisticola are numerous, Pearlbrea\-sted Swallow nested on a shed, Thickbilled Lark was found on a spot with poor vegetation and bare earth behind the reserve.\par }{\plain \f1\fs20 \par }{\plain \b\i\f1\fs20 Versfeld Pass}{\plain \f1\fs20 lies at}{\plain \b\i\f1\fs20 Piketberg}{\plain \f1\fs20.
	www.doftravel.dk /reports/repnamibia.rtf (9249 words)

	Birdlife and specie types
		Among the threats to its continued existence in the wild are drought and the possibility that illegal capture for the cage-bird trade might resume.
		The dry montane grasslands of the Nyika Plateau have populations of Red-winged Francolin and Common Quail.
		The House Sparrow, which first appeared in Zambia in 1965, is more strictly confined to towns than the Grey-headed Sparrow and is particularly common at grain milling factories.
	www.zambiatourism.com /travel/wildlife/birdlife.htm (3313 words)

	Lark -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Only one species, the Horned Lark, has spread to (A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama) North America.
		They nest on the ground, laying 2-6 speckled (Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g.
		Horned Lark or (Click link for more info and facts about Shore Lark) Shore Lark, Eremophila alpestris
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lark.htm (405 words)

	birdwatching trip report - The Gambia - surfbirds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As we were about to walk back to the coach, we picked up an immense Saddle-billed Stork and watched as it flew in a wide arc around us before disappearing into the distance This is an extremely rare bird for The Gambia with only a handful of records since 1965..
		Walking back to the main road, we had to wait a while for our coach to return from the local village, where the spare tyre was being repaired.
		Back at the coach we had a superb male Pygmy Sunbird fly in and land at the top of a tree and just behind us a Black-crowned Tchagra was scoped as he sang his heart out from the top of another tree.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/gambia-bs-0303.html (6067 words)

	WORLDTWITCH - Cameroon Birding Trip Report, March-April 1997, by Jon Hornbuckle - Birds of Cameroon
		We were satisfied with all the accommodation, especially Foyer du Marin, Deutsche Seemannsmission in Douala, the only problems being power-cuts, which affected water supply as well as lights and air-conditioning and lasted several days at Mundemba.
		Another slow walk back, in my case via Ibene Irene Camp and the Riverside trail, gave Nkulengu Rail, Yellow-bellied and White-spotted Wattle-eyes, Woodhouse's Antpecker and Crested Malimbe, while others had White-spotted Flufftail, Dwarf and Chocolate-backed Kingfishers, Red-tailed Ant-Thrush, Sooty Boubou and Dusky Crested-Flycatcher.
		Back to the gallery forest where all caught up with Thrush Babbler and Bamenda Apalis.
	www.worldtwitch.com /cameroon_1997.htm (10379 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Gambia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Back at the Tendaba camp had a stroll around the rice fields but these where lifeless, largely due to the time of day.
		Back at the hotel earlier than expected so decided to go for the Painted Snipe which had been reported from Kotu Sewage Ponds recently so got a taxi over there and went straight to the pool in question and where watching it within a few minutes.
		Back at the hotel we had a casual lunch and session photographing the commoner birds around the gardens before heading out to Bijilo Forest.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/gambia/gambia22/gamb-04.htm (7063 words)

	BirdForum - Namibia 24th Oct.- 7th Nov.2004
		The mist had all but lifted by the time we arrived back at Walvis and new trip birds were found within minutes.
		On the exit road from spitzkop we encountered numerous larks and pipits.
		Back at the waterhole we settled to watch the floodlit theatre unfold.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=27170 (5985 words)

	Gambia Jan 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We left Brikama at 17:15 and were back in our rooms in the very comfortable Senegambia Hotel at 17:45, after a dusty, tiring but extremely interesting and rewarding trip.
		January we had visited the Tanji Bird Reserve and had discovered that it was possible to arrange a trip out to the Bijol Islands, which are located about 2 kilometers offshore and form part of the Reserve.
		On the way back to the mainland we saw two Skuas in the air, one a Great (probably the same bird) and the other a Pomarine harrying a Grey-headed Gull.
	www.spd.dcu.ie /tolka/gambia_jan_2003.htm (2139 words)

	Forest and Rangeland Birds of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Reynolds, T.D. Nesting of the sage thrasher, sage sparrow, and Brewer's sparrow in southeastern Idaho.
		Verbeek, N.A.M. Breeding biology and ecology of the horned lark in alpine tundra.
		Welsh, D.A. Savannah sparrow breeding and territoriality on a Nova Scotia dune beach.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/1998/forest/litcit2.htm (4245 words)

	Bird watching Trip Report from The Western Cape Province and Namibia
		On our way back to CT to catch our flight, we had an unsolvable problem with one of the wheels on our hire car (two bolts of the tire had snapped off!).
		After we had stopped to see what was making the car vibrate and found out what the problem was, Callan used his cell phone to call Christian, who was only about 20km further up the road at the time.
		We managed to drive to where he was and squeeze into his two vans, thereby making it back to CT in time for our flight home.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/s_africa/tour4/wcp+nam-feb2002.htm (4074 words)

	Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: The Gambia, an independent birding trip 15-22 November 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We did one in the morning on the low tide, then went back out again after lunch on the high tide.
		Back at Tanji a surprise find was an American Golden Plover, which flew past at close range along the spit, but unfortunately it didn't stop.
		The bird showed the fl underparts and striking fl and white head pattern of a sparrow-lark, but the wings and upperparts were pale grayish brown, without any trace of chestnut.
	www.surfbirds.com /trip_report.php?id=51 (7638 words)

	Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: Namibia 24th October - 7th November 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The most abundant was Red capped Lark followed by Spike heeled Lark, Sabota (bradfields) Lark, and one or two Long billed (benguella) Larks.
		Grey Hornbill and Black breasted Prinia were conspicuous in the campgrounds when we arrived back along with the usual array of birds.
		Back in the bush Rufous naped Lark gave us our tenth Lark species for the trip.
	www.surfbirds.com /trip_report.php?id=592 (5309 words)

	CHARACTERISTICES OF SPOTTED OWL HABITAT AND HOME RANGE IN THE EASTERN CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON
		The sparrows were in small flocks and still busily feeding recently fledged young, but the queleas were farther along and seemed to have already formed large flocks (often over100 birds in each).
		A large kestrel, illustrations fail to show the darker rufous upperside of the tail, contrasting with the light rufous back which is easily seen in flight from cliff-top viewpoints.
		The bird was larger than the nearby red-billeds, had a brown nape and back, blending with deeper red undersides.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/africamalitripreport.htm (4400 words)

	Ethiopia 1999
		Sidamo Lark occurs in grassland at the junction of the Filtu-Bogol Manyo/Arero roads c.13 km south-east of Negele.
		At 10 o'clock we were back in Negele, and after one of our cars had been repaired, we left this small town and set off for Arero.
		The long drive back to Addis was an unavoidable anticlimax, but the final addition to our bird list was a pair of Wattled Cranes seen in the fields along the road, only a short distance from Addis Abeba.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Ethiopia99.html (9387 words)

	Tropical Birding Trip Report - Namibia November 2003
		They did not appear to be calling and just as we were beginning to wonder a male responded and did a wonderful display for us.
		Karoo Long-billed Lark was fairly easily found before we settled down in the shade to enjoy a bit of breakfast.
		Back at the camp waterhole the spectacle of thousands of Red-billed Queleas coming in to roost served as a perfect way to round the day off.
	www.tropicalbirding.com /tripReports/TR_Namibia_Nov2003.html (3473 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- November 2001, week 2 (#13)
		Out at the far stream we saw the AFRICAN YELLOW WHITE-EYE, and a BUSH PETRONIA, a light brown and cream bird in the family with House Sparrows I did this walk while recovering from a bout of "tourist trots" and was dehydrated.
		On the way back to the house for lunch we stopped by a spot that is generally good for Larks.
		There I saw a pair of CHESTNUT-BACKED SPARROW LARK, wow, what dramitic birds they are, chestnut back with a fl and white head.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0111b&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=1309 (1267 words)

	The Gambia and Senegal Trip Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After climbing the only hill in The Gambia we walked back to the bus and drove the short distance to the Kotu Beach where we enjoyed a beer or two, lunch and a snooze.
		A stop at the quarry on the way back paid dividends with hundreds of bee-eaters in residence and scores of smaller birds dropping in to drink in the small pools.
		Pied Crows reminded us we were back at the coast – they had been missing for the last few days – and it was with relief we checked in to the Senegambia Hotel again.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /reports2004/gambia.php (9394 words)

	Namibia tour by Tropical Birding
		We headed back to town for lunch and a rest and then made our way back to Avis Dam in the late afternoon.
		The surreal landscape of towering red dunes combined with silence that is audible is a strange place to look for a bird, but within an hour we had found and watched several pairs.
		The day ended with a speedy boat ride back to camp with the last rays of the days sun disappearing over this most impressive marshland.
	www.tropicalbirding.com /tripReports/TR_Namibia.html (5310 words)

	Birds, birding & conservation in Mali
		The list of Malian species is currently being revised and will probably total between 400 and 500.
		Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius, Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans, Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark Eremopterix leucotis, Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus, African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii, Fox Kestrel Falco alopex, Hamerkop Scopus umbretta and the endemic Mali Firefinch Lagonosticta virata are not difficult to find.
		The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of Mali and its birds for birders interested in the country and potentially planning a visit.
	africanbirdclub.org /countries/Mali/introduction.html (240 words)

	Ethiopia tour report 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We managed to see most of the target birds up at Bilen Lodge including some fantastic views of Arabian Bustard, at what must surely be one of the best places in the world for this species.
		Yellow-breasted Barbets, Nile Valley and Shining Sunbirds, Chestnut-bellied and Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse and a pair of Heuglin’s Coursers were some of the other highlights and we managed to find Somali Fiscal and hordes of Singing Bush Larks on the baking plains of Awash National Park.
		The Wondo woodland was alive with colourful images from the ever-so obliging Pygmy Kingfisher to the hordes of White-cheeked Turacos and Abyssinian Black-headed Orioles, Narina’s Trogon and a dazzling display of butterflies.
	www.sunbirdtours.co.uk /brochure_2003/africa/ethiopia/Ethiopia2003_000.htm (1196 words)

	Introduction
		The best is to walk past the slaughter township (this name is used locally to indicate that it is close to the slaughterhouse) and the rubbish dump around the fenced off area along the railway line and take a right turn through the short grass land to the acacia trees and the river.
		This the site for Chestnut Banded Sandplover there were not too many interesting other birds around though it was very nice watching the Flamingo’s and the other waterbirds.
		To get back there are only two busses which leave early 6.00 and 7.00 am.
	home.versatel.nl /michiel.1/kenya/kenya.htm (7357 words)

	Bird Watching Tour Programs
		Lesser and greater Kudus, Somme ring’s Gazzel, Deferessa water buck, Hamadiryas Baboon, Black backed Jackal and Lions (if lucky) are some of the mammals we are expecting.
		Sanattie plateau is, the highest moorland tract in moorland tract in Africa home to the elegant endemic Ethiopian wolf which is found no where else on the earth.
		Then we continue to the lowland of Bogol Mayo where we expect to see the endemic Degodi Lark as well as a number of other species, amongst them Burch ell’s Courser, Pringle’s puff back, Red napped Bush shrike, Somali Crombec, Gillett’s Lark and Abyssinian Grosbeak canary.O/N Camping.
	www.13suns.com /BW.HTM (1490 words)

	Senegal
		Senegal is one of Africa’s most stable countries with a heavy French influence dating back to colonial days.
		The north of the country is within the Sahel and offers a chance to see many species not easily found elsewhere.
		This is a good area for Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse and Temminck’s Courser and is also a known area for Arabian and, in some years, Denham’s Bustard.
	www.birdwatchingbreaks.com /Senegal.htm (809 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		NOTE: Clapper Lark has recently been split into three species, the nominate Cape Clapper Lark M. apiata, Agulhas Clapper Lark (M. marjoriae) and Eastern Clapper Lark (M. fasciolata.) Clements does not as yet recognise this split.
		NOTE: The African Red-capped Lark complex (C. cinerea), was lumped within the Greater Short-toed Lark complex (C. brachydactila) but is now considered distinct by most authorities.
		NOTE: The Gray-headed Sparrow complex P. griseus has been split into five full species and Clements retains the name Gray-headed Sparrow for this, the nominate form.
	www.beard99.freeserve.co.uk /Southafricap2.htm (10018 words)

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