What are the living habits of larks

Life habits: larks can soar into the sky when flying freely, chirping while flying, beautiful flight posture makes other birds envious, its flight can be called "a hundred birds without one" beauty. Larks also love to walk on the ground.

In summer, when the ground is above 30 degrees Celsius under the scorching sun, larks can live freely. In winter, when the ground is covered in snow, larks also have to make short group migrations in order to find food to fill their stomachs. However, most of the time, they prefer to live in the inhospitable savannah, shuttling between sand and grass.

They rub around in the sand to keep their body temperature warm, both to keep them cool down and to comb their fur to keep their body clean.

Larks are not very demanding in terms of food, and in the spring they eat some young grass shoots and some insects. In the summer and autumn, they catch some insects to eat. In winter, they eat only grass seeds and cereals to fill their stomachs, and sometimes accidentally get some insects and eggs.

The lark does not destroy crops, and when summer comes, when they are still raising young birds, larks will catch a large number of insects to feed the birds, so as to remove harm to the growth of crops, and are indispensable beneficial birds in the production area.

The lark is a resident bird and a summer migratory bird in Northwest China, and the number of larks in the northern region is relatively large during the migration period. It mainly inhabits open areas such as grasslands, deserts, and grasslands near water. There are also some species that inhabit small shrubs.

It mainly feeds on grass seeds, shoots, etc., and also preys on a small number of insects, such as grasshoppers, locusts, etc.

The lark's breeding season is from May to July every year, and it nests on the ground at the base of the grass, laying 4 5 eggs per clutch, which are light brown or nearly white, densely interspersed with brown spots. AppearanceThe lark has a spindle-shaped body with a streamlined outline, and the adult bird has a body length of 17 cm and a body width of 5 cm. The body is covered with feathers, and the back feathers are mostly grayish-brown with dark brown markings.

The wings and tail are black-brown, and the belly is sandy-white.

The lark is the first of the four famous birds, the call is very graceful, and it can also imitate the call of many animals, in addition, what are the characteristics of the lark?

Longer lifespan

The lark can be said to be the birthday star of the birds, which can generally survive for about 20 30 years, and if it is a lark raised in captivity, it can live in the cage for at least more than 20 years if it is properly raised, which can be said to be a very suitable animal for the elderly.

Habits

Larks live in arid mountains, deserts, meadows or rocks, because they like to chirp while flying, and they fly very high, so we can often only hear them, but not see them.

Physical features

Larks are relatively small, weighing about 30 grams, which is why they are able to fly at high altitudes, generally speaking, larks have chestnut red hair on their foreheads and necks, male larks have more hair than female larks, and larks have the same color as their foreheads on the head and back of their necks, their eyebrows and eye sockets are white, and a little brown hair color, which looks very good.

In general, larks have the characteristics of melodious calls, can imitate a variety of animal sounds, have a long lifespan, are smaller, fly at a higher altitude, and generally live in arid areas.

The lark is characterized by its appearance and call, the lark is an animal of the genus Lark, mainly living in deserts, grasslands and rocks, its body size is small, the body length is about 19 cm, the body color is red, blue, gray, etc., and the lark's call is relatively crisp and sweet, often chirping while flying.

1. Appearance characteristics

The lark is characterized by its appearance, the lark is a small songbird with an adult body size of about 19 cm and a weight of about 30 grams, and the forehead of the male lark is maroon-red with an eyebrow line that extends to the occipital area, while the forehead of the female lark is pale red and the color of its feathers is light brown.

2. Characteristics of calling

The lark is characterized by its call, the lark is a bird's class passerine animal, mainly living in grass, rocks or mountains, and the lark usually flies and chirps, its call is crisp and sweet, and the lark will catch pests to feed the chicks, is an indispensable beneficial bird in the crop production area.

3. Variety introduction

The lark is a national second-class protected animal, the more common varieties are the two-spotted lark, the Mongolian lark, the lark, the short-toed lark, the song lark, etc., of which the two-spotted lark is mostly active in the plain area, each nest can lay 3-4 eggs, the wings of the Mongolian lark have obvious white spots, and its eggs are yellowish-white.