Larks in China
Our list for China has 4 larks recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made