Karoo Lark | Animalz

Karoo LarkThis lark inhabits dry shrublands in South Africa. It walks on the ground and searches around shrub bases for seeds, insects, and other food.What does it look like?Adults have sandy upperparts, a broad white eye-ring edged by a dark stripe, and streaked flanks. Males are larger but otherwise similar; juveniles show pale feather tips that make the upperparts look spotted.How does it live?This lark inhabits dry shrublands in South Africa. It walks on the ground and searches around shrub bases for seeds, insects, and other food.It forages on the ground in open sandy shrubland, coastal strandveld, and Karroid dwarf shrubland, probing or digging around shrub bases for seeds, insects, and berries.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.