Bird Guide

Dupont's Lark

Chersophilus duponti

VulnerableInvertebratesGrasslandCup nestSmall · 39 g

About the Dupont's Lark

Dupont's lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae of the monotypic genus Chersophilus. It is found in northern Africa and Spain.

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Like most other larks, Dupont's lark is an undistinguished looking species on the ground. It is 17–18 cm long, slim, with a long neck, long legs and a fine slightly curved bill. It has a thin pale crown stripe and a dark-streaked breast. The north-western Dupont's lark of Europe and north-west Africa is mainly brown-grey above and pale below. The south-eastern Dupont's lark, which occupies most of the rest of the African range, has rufous upperparts. Voice: Its song is a repeated thin, melancholic whistling phrase, very ventriloquial (difficult to locate) and a nasal whistle given mainly at dawn and dusk or at night.

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Where the Dupont's Lark lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Recorded as a rare visitor in France, Egypt.

When to see the Dupont's Lark

Peak activity in May · a passage migrant species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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