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Untitled[edit]

Someone who knows the proper way to resolve this needs to address the fact that

1. the entry under "parsec" which mentions the XML-Syntax-Analyzer "Lark" points to this page.

2. the link for XML-Syntax-Analyzer on this page points to "parsec," which is completely wrong.

Collective nouns[edit]

I removed the collective nouns from Raven and Lark for two reasons.

Firstly, even if correct, they do not apply to 'all Ravens and Larks, just Common Raven and Skylark. Secondly, these are made-up Victorian names that only appear on lists of collective nouns. As a birder of many years experience I have never heard either of these nouns actually used.

jimfbleak 05:18, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment[edit]

This could use work. The insects mentioned in the diet, were does it find them? Like in the foliage of trees, or bushes, or on tree branches, or in flight? Is it the same foraging method for all larks? Just out of curiosity. Cynops 23:15, 31 May 2007 (UTC) A group of larks is called an exaltation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.128.25.184 (talk) 12:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Larks' tongues[edit]

Was this a real dish, or just an expression like angels on the head of a pin? It must have taken an awful lot of them to produce anything worth eating. And is it true that Mitterand requested them as his last meal? BrainyBabe (talk) 11:52, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly suspect that they are mere legend: I will try to find a reference. Myopic Bookworm (talk) 23:30, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

life span of the lark[edit]

usually 2 to 3 years —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.113.189.147 (talk) 20:27, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New phylogeny of Alaudidae[edit]

A new phylogeny of Alaudidae has been published:

Alström, Per; Mohammadi, Zeinolabedin; Enbody, Erik D.; Irestedt, Martin; Engelbrecht, Derek; Crochet, Pierre-André; Guillaumet, Alban; Rancilhac, Loïs; Tieleman, B. Irene; Olsson, Urban; Donald, Paul F.; Stervander, Martin (2023). "Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data". Avian Research. 14: 100095. doi:10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100095. S2CID 257684196.

I think a phylogenetic tree could be added to the article. I plan to do so when I have time, but thought I'd post the article for others to see. — Jts1882 | talk 09:51, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for posting the article here. With any molecular phylogenetic study I have great difficulty in judging the quality of the data and the uncertainty in the results. It appears that just relying on mitochondrial DNA can be misleading. Recently, reliable results have been obtained by sequence capture using thousands of UCEs from fresh samples. Data from toepads is often problematic as the DNA is severely degraded. The current paper mixes several different types of sequence data. I don't understand enough to follow the procedures used - even with Figure 1.

The authors propose many changes including splitting Mirafra into four genera (with one new genus). We'll have to wait to see how many of these proposals are adopted by the IOC (and the Working Group Avian Checklists (WGAC)). - Aa77zz (talk) 13:11, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]