Desert Lark
- Body Mass
- 23.8 g
- Diet
- Omnivorous
- Migration
- Partially migratory
⚔️ Ecological Combat Rationale
Ecomorphologically adapted beak and agile strike momentum tailored to its foraging competition niche (ATK 89).
Lightweight agility and protective plumage camouflage favoring rapid evasive maneuverability over raw armor (DEF 58).
* These descriptions interpret game abilities, not measured physical strength. Generated scores use body mass, rarity and balancing rules; legacy cards retain manual values.
How to identify
Detailed field marks are not yet available. Use the linked sources to confirm an identification.
Similar species
Species-specific comparison notes are not yet available. Related birds below are not necessarily lookalikes.
Calls & songs
A playable recording is not currently available for this species.
🌍 Range & Habitat
22 · Subspecies & regional ranges
- Ammomanes deserti payni
s Morocco, sw Algeria
- Ammomanes deserti algeriensis
n Algeria, Tunisia, nw Libya and nw Chad
- Ammomanes deserti whitakeri
se Algeria and sw Libya
- Ammomanes deserti mya
c Algeria
- Ammomanes deserti geyri
Mauritania to s Algeria and nw Niger
- Ammomanes deserti kollmannspergeri
ne Chad and w Sudan
- Ammomanes deserti deserti
e Egypt to n Sudan
- Ammomanes deserti erythrochroa
w Chad to c Sudan
- Ammomanes deserti isabellina
n Egypt to s Turkey, Syria, c Arabia and n, sw Iraq
- Ammomanes deserti samharensis
ne Sudan, Eritrea and s Arabia
- Ammomanes deserti taimuri
n Oman and UAE
- Ammomanes deserti assabensis
s Eritrea, Ethiopia and nw Somalia
- Ammomanes deserti akeleyi
n Somalia
- Ammomanes deserti azizi
ec Arabia
- Ammomanes deserti saturata
s Arabia
- Ammomanes deserti insularis
Bahrain
- Ammomanes deserti annae
Jordan and s Syria
- Ammomanes deserti cheesmani
e Iraq and w Iran
- Ammomanes deserti parvirostris
ne Iran and w Turkmenistan
- Ammomanes deserti orientalis
ne Iran, n Afghanistan, s Turkmenistan, s Uzbekistan and s Tajikistan
- Ammomanes deserti iranica
c, s, e Iran to s Afghanistan and w Pakistan
- Ammomanes deserti phoenicuroides
se Afghanistan, e Pakistan and nw India
Frequently asked questions
What is its scientific name?
Ammomanes deserti
Which family does it belong to?
Larks (Alaudidae)
Where is it found?
Africa & Palearctic: Morocco to Western India
Sources & credits
📖 Open Full Article on Wikipedia- IOC World Bird List 15.2 ↗
- AVONET ↗
- Bird illustration credits ↗ · huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0
- Illustration reference ↗ · Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY


