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Horned Lark Sounds

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© Benjamin Clock / Macaulay Library Colorado, July 06, 2011

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Alaska, June 05, 1971Recorded by Leonard J. Peyton / Macaulay Library
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Newfoundland and Labrador, July 11, 2007Recorded by Martha Fischer / Macaulay Library
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New York, March 09, 2019Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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California, April 15, 1986Recorded by Thomas G. Sander / Macaulay Library
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Colorado, April 18, 2014Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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New York, March 31, 2018Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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New York, March 09, 2019Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 22, 2015Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Montana, July 26, 2017Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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California, March 31, 2012Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, January 11, 2018Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Oaxaca, May 28, 1961Recorded by L. Irby Davis / Macaulay Library
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Estado de México, August 18, 2017Recorded by manuel grosselet / Macaulay Library
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Dundgovi, June 08, 2009Recorded by Peter Hosner / Macaulay Library
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Altai Republic, June 20, 1977Recorded by Vladimir M. Loscot

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Songs

Horned Larks sing a delicate, musical song particularly in the early morning as early as an hour and a half before sunrise. It’s a fast, high-pitched sequence of sharp, tinkling notes, often rising in pitch to a quick jumble of concluding notes. Songs are typically a couple of seconds long but may go on for more than a minute. Males usually sing from a post, rock, clod, mound or other perch, but may sing on the wing, from a height of up to about 800 feet in the air.

Calls

The Horned Lark’s typical call, most often heard in fall and winter, is a high, piercing one- or two-note chip.

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