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Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris

Lives in Mississippi all year and nests here. Found in all 82 counties, across 4 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 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 Mississippi 4

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 4

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

SummerWinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades.

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (32)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi. Those recorded in Mississippi first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (21)
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer and winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
  • Louisiana Beach Summer and winter.
  • South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer and winter.
  • Southeast Florida Beach Summer and winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer and winter.
  • Southwest Florida Beach Summer and winter.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer and winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer and winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
Northeast (1)
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
Midwest (1)
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Land cover and other classes (9)
  • Barren Land Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer and winter.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Year-round: nests here, in 17 of 82 counties.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 77 of 82 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 8

Plant genera in its diet records (7)
  • Setaria Seeds. 5 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Ambrosia Seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Avena Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Fagopyrum Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Polygonum Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Triticum Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Zea Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Mississippi, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 129

Plants 1094

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Mississippi

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 127

Plants 118

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Mississippi

Prairies and grasslands

Birds 50

Plants 240

All of prairies and grasslands in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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