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.
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Post OakQuercus stellata
- Little BluestemSchizachyrium scoparium
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula
- Eastern RedbudCercis canadensis
- Cockspur HawthornCrataegus crus-galli
- Eastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia corollata
- White AshFraxinus americana
- Juniperus virginiana var. virginianaJuniperus virginiana var. virginiana
- Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica
- Chinquapin OakQuercus muehlenbergii
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Fragrant SumacRhus aromatica
- Poison-ivyToxicodendron radicans
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Draba apricaAbdra aprica
- Ouachita LeadplantAmorpha ouachitensis
- Amsonia hubrichtiiAmsonia hubrichtii
- Bushy BluestemAndropogon glomeratus
- Splitbeard BluestemAndropogon ternarius
- Ground-plumAstragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus
Wildlife 164
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
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)









































