Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAlaudidae (Larks)
- GenusEremophila (Horned Larks)
- SpeciesEremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)
The horned lark or shore lark (Eremophila alpestris) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found across the northern hemisphere. It is known as "horned lark" in North America for distinctive feathers on the heads of the male birds in summer, and as "shore lark" in Europe because it can be found on shorelines in the winter. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Isle Royale National Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Common Raven
Corvus corax
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
Winter Wren
Troglodytes hiemalis
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Horned Lark at Isle Royale National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there