Singer in the mountains - Skylark
（國家二級保護動物）
(Second-Grade State Protection Animal)
云雀（拉丁學名：Alauda arvensis）是百靈科,共有4 個物種，是一類鳴禽。體型及羽色略似麻雀，雄性和雌性的相貌相似。背部花褐色和淺黃色，胸腹部白色至深棕色。外尾羽白色，尾巴棕色。后腦勺具羽冠，適應于地棲生活，腿、腳強健有力，后趾具1長而直的爪；跗跖后緣具盾狀鱗；以植物種子、昆蟲等為食，常集群活動；繁殖期雄鳥鳴囀洪亮動聽，是鳴禽中少數能在飛行中歌唱的鳥類之一。
Skylark (Scientific Latin Name: Alauda arvensis) has four species in the family Lark, which is a kind of songbird. Its body shape and feather colors are similar to sparrows. The sexes are alike. It’s brown and light yellow on the back and white to dark brown on the chest, with white outer tail feathers, a brown tail, and a crest at the back of the head. With its strong and powerful legs and feet, it is adapted to terrestrial life. It has a long straight claw on its hind toe and shield-like scales on the edge of its tarsometatarsus. Skylark feeds on plant seeds, insects, etc., and often appears in groups. The male sings loudly and vividly during the breeding period, which is one of the few songbirds to sing in flight.
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