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

Rosl Roessner / Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens), Morocco

Andres M. Dominguez / Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla), Cadiz, Spain

Mike Read / Greater short toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) Corsica, France, April

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lesser short toed lark {Calandrella rufescens} Kazakhstan

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Greater short-toed lark {Calandrella brachydactyla} Sohar, Oman

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) Bulgaria, May 2008

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Red capped lark (Calandrella cinerea), Kawkaban, Yemen

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Red capped lark (Calandrella cinerea), Kawkaban, Yemen

Pete Oxford / Red capped lark (Calandrella cinerea) Etosha NP, Namibia

Jose B. Ruiz / Lesser short toed lark feeds chicks at ground nest {Calandrella rufescens} Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Lesser short toed lark {Calandrella rufescens} Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Lesser short toed lark {Calandrella rufescens} Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Lesser short toed lark {Calandrella rufescens} Spain

Paul Hobson / Greater short-toed lark {Calandrella brachydactyla} Lesvos, Greece

DAVID TIPLING / Greater short toed lark {Calandrella brachydactyla} Greece

David Kjaer / Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) Lesbos, Greece

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) at waterhole, Gan HaDarom, Israel

Jose B. Ruiz / Lesser short toed lark with worm prey {Calandrella rufescens} Alicante, Spain

Jose Luis GOMEZ de FRANCISCO / Greater short toed lark {Calandrella brachydactyla} adult and chicks at nest on ground, Spain

Markus Varesvuo / Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) Morocco, February.