Lark Sparrow Images, Facts and Information:
Chondestes grammacus
- Lark Sparrows are large, brown sparrows with bold facial patterns, long tail with white corners and pale underparts with a dark spot on their chests.
- Larks Sparrows are the only members of the genus Chondestes.
- Lark Sparrows are migratory in most of their range but in southern areas they can be year round residents. They are primarily found in the western parts of Canada and the U.S. during the breeding season but can be found as far east as Ohio, Tennessee and the most northwestern tip of Georgia. They winter as far south as southern Mexico.
- Lark Sparrows prefer open habitat like grasslands, fields, pastures farmlands and roadsides.
- Lark Sparrows eat seeds, grasshoppers and other insects.
- Lark Sparrows often take over old Sage Thrasher or Northern Mockingbird nests instead of building their own. Lark Sparrow eggs have been found mixed in with thrasher and mockingbird eggs in nests which suggests that they share their nest with another species.
- Lark Sparrows lay 3 – 5 eggs which hatch in 11 – 12 days. The female incubates and they are monogamous.
- A group of sparrows can be called a “flutter”, “ubiquity”, “crew” or a “quarrel” of sparrows.
- Lark Sparrows can live up to 9 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Lark Sparrow photos.
Lark Sparrow perched on a old fence post in northern Utah
Title: Lark Sparrow perched on a old fence post in northern Utah
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2017
Singing Lark Sparrow in northern Utah
Title: Singing Lark Sparrow in northern Utah
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2017
Lark Sparrow singing in Box Elder County
Title: Lark Sparrow singing in Box Elder County
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2017
Lark Sparrow with an ant
Title: Lark Sparrow with an ant
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/22/2016
Lark Sparrow on a boulder
Title: Lark Sparrow on a boulder
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/10/2016
Landing juvenile Lark Sparrow
Title: Landing juvenile Lark Sparrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/25/2015
An Adult Lark Sparrow with prey
Title: An Adult Lark Sparrow with prey
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/7/2015
Adult Lark Sparrow
Title: Adult Lark Sparrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2015
Lark Sparrow with raised wings
Title: Lark Sparrow with raised wings
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2015
Singing Lark Sparrow
Title: Singing Lark Sparrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2015
Resting Lark Sparrow
Title: Resting Lark Sparrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2015
Vertical Lark Sparrow with a grasshopper
Title: Vertical Lark Sparrow with a grasshopper
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/13/2013
Close up of a Lark Sparrow with a grasshopper
Title: Close up of a Lark Sparrow with a grasshopper
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/13/2013
Lark Sparrow on Antelope Island during the breeding season
Title: Lark Sparrow on Antelope Island during the breeding season
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/13/2013
Pair of Lark Sparrows
Title: Pair of Lark Sparrows
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/13/2013
Lark Sparrow on Antelope Island
Title: Lark Sparrow on Antelope Island
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/13/2013
Lark Sparrow perched on a sagebrush
Title: Lark Sparrow perched on a sagebrush
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/13/2013
Lark Sparrow on barbed wire
Title: Lark Sparrow on barbed wire
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2013
Preening Lark Sparrow
Title: Preening Lark Sparrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/27/2012
Sagebrush and a Lark Sparrow
Title: Sagebrush and a Lark Sparrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2012