Nick Upton / Lesser short-toed lark (Calandrella rufescens) perched on a rock in steppe grassland, Teguise Plain, Lanzarote Canary Islands, February.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Greater short toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) at water and with reflection, Oman, December

Roger Powell / Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) with a cricket and caterpillar prey in its beak. Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, May.

Roger Powell / Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) with a cricket and caterpillar prey in its beak. Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, May.

Roger Powell / Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) with a cricket in its beak. Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, May.

Markus Varesvuo / Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) Oman, Marcha

Markus Varesvuo / Greater short toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) portrait. Oman. March

Markus Varesvuo / Greater short toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) portrait. Oman. March

Markus Varesvuo / Greater short toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) portrait. Oman. March

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Greater short toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) at water, Oman, September

Mathias Schaef / Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) with prey, Spain

Rosl Roessner / Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla), Morocco