Larks

Greater Hoopoe-Lark

Alaemon alaudipes

The Greater Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon alaudipes) is a 44 g desert bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Larks

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

44 g

Habitat

Desert

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

26

Recorded in Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, India, Cabo Verde, EH, Qatar, Mauritania, Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Algeria, Jordan, Turkey, Djibouti, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan.

Where to see it: Zone Humide de Lacacão (Republic of Cabo Verde); Talila Reserve (Syria); Oued Jenna (Western Sahara); Gleb Jdiane (Western Sahara); Parc National di Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania).

Photo: (c) Mourad Harzallah, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist