Bird
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Lives in Arkansas all year and nests here. Found in all 75 counties, across 4 habitats.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 4

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 4
- Habitat models
- Summer, Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 4
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops
Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (34)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Barren Land Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer and winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Summer and winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.
- Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer and winter.
- Louisiana Beach Summer and winter.
- Southeast Florida Beach Summer and winter.
- South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer and winter.
- Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer and winter.
- Southwest Florida Beach Summer and winter.
- Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
- Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer and winter.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer and winter.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
- Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
- Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
- Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer and winter.
- Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
- Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer and winter.
- Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
- Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer and winter.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Year-round: nests here, in 68 of 75 counties.
- Winter: does not nest here, in 28 of 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 312
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- Engelmann's Bent MilkvetchAstragalus distortus var. engelmannii
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans
- Cherokee SedgeCarex cherokeensis
- Waterfall's SedgeCarex latebracteata
- Little Tooth SedgeCarex microdonta
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Violet Blue-eyed MaryCollinsia violacea
- Rough Leaf DogwoodCornus drummondii
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Trelease's LarkspurDelphinium treleasei
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Eastern Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
- Upland Swamp PrivetForestiera ligustrina
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Hairy SunflowerHelianthus hirsutus
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
Wildlife 164
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Horned Lark
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)









































