The lark is a representative bird in the grassland. It is a small songbird. It often sings while flying. Because it flies very high, people often only hear its sound and disappear. On the vast and boundless prairie, wonderful music that even a musician can hardly compose is often played one after another, that is, the love song sung by the lark. Because of the crisp sound, Little Bailing has also become synonymous with sweet and pleasant voice. So what are the appearance characteristics of the lark and what should be paid attention to when raising it?

Lark

Characteristics

The lark has a beautiful crest on its head, a small, conical bill, and some species are long and slightly curved. The nostrils are often covered with hanging feathers. The wings are slightly pointed and long, the tail is shorter than that of the wings, the rear edge of the tarsus is blunt, with shield-like scales, and the hind paws are long and straight. Common species in my country are Shabailing, lark, horned Bailing, Xiaosha Bailing, spotted Bailing, song Bailing and Mongolian Bailing. Sha Bailing and Skylark can rise from the ground and go straight to the sky, maintaining the balance of up, down, front and back forces in the air, and hovering at a point to sing. The horned lark often runs quietly on the ground, or stands on a high place to peek at the surrounding movements, and its actions are more secretive. The crested lark gets its name from the feather crown composed of a cluster of black long feathers that stand upright into a single horn on the top of its head. Females are also not as easily startled as other birds when they are brooding.

The lark's nest is built in the grass on the ground, consisting of grass blades and fine stalks, and the nest is cup-shaped. Most of the eggs are 2-5 per litter. Their eggs are beautiful, with a brown-white background, scattered with hazel spots, and a dark brown circle near the blunt end. After about 15 days of hatching, the chicks emerge from their shells. The newly hatched chicks are naked, with only down feathers in some parts, and only open their eyes seven days later to examine their beautiful home. The arid grassland can become the home of the lark, which shows that the lark has a strong ability to adapt to drought. They either fly quickly to long distances to fetch water, or reduce the demand for water with certain physiological and biochemical properties. In winter, most of the larks live in groups, dozens or even hundreds of them in a group. As a whole, they exert the functions of many senses and increase the ability of collective defense in harsh environments.

Lark Form: Medium-sized (16 cm) dark lark. Unique head pattern. Males have a thick black thorax, a black and white (or yellow) pattern on the face, and a black stripe on the front end of the crown extending into a characteristic small horn. The upper body is almost pure dark brown; the rest of the lower body is white, with two The flank has some brown longitudinal stripes. Females and juveniles are dark in color (and have no horns), but head patterns are still visible. White under the wings in flight. The subspecies differ slightly. Subspecies flava has a yellow face; brandti and przewalskii have white foreheads; teleschowi has no white crown; albigula has a black thorax band connected to a black band under the eyes. Iris-brown; mouth-grey, darker on the upper beak; feet-nearly black.

Key points for raising larks

It takes about 2 years for larks to mature and sing better since they are fed from chicks. But it will take 2-3 years to sing beautifully, and it will take 4-5 years to add up. Grass seeds, young leaves, berries, and insects in the grasslands provide an inexhaustible supply of food for omnivorous ground-feeding larks. The breeding season of larks is when the insects multiply in large numbers. Feeding the chicks with high-energy insects will allow the chicks to grow rapidly, and some species of parent birds can reproduce for the second time. The arid grassland can become the home of the lark, which shows that the lark has a strong ability to adapt to drought. They either fly quickly to long distances to fetch water, or reduce the demand for water with certain physiological and biochemical properties. In winter, most of the larks live in groups, dozens or even hundreds of them in a group. As a whole, they exert the functions of many senses and increase the ability of collective defense in harsh environments.

The difference between wild lark and domestic lark is that the adult lark caught in the wild has bright colors and neat feathers. The toes are oily and dark red, and the claws are black; the feathers of the domestic lark are slightly dull, and the feathers are often worn to varying degrees. The toes are pink and the claws are yellow. Wild larks are afraid of people and often slam into them suddenly; domestic larks are more peaceful, even if they are frightened, they do not slam into the cage with all their might. Pay attention to the distinction when purchasing.

When purchasing young larks, in addition to paying attention to selecting male birds, it is also necessary to look at their mental state and physique, whether or not they have hairs. Feel the thickness of the chest muscles with your hands to see if there is loss of fat, whether the anus is dirty, and whether the tail glands (commonly known as tips) are intact.