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Horned Lark (Shore Lark) - Eremophila alpestris - Strandleeuwerik
North-America, Europa to North-Africa, Asia south to India and China.
The following 42 (!) subspecies are being recognised:
Eremophila alpestris alpestris - Arctic Northeast-Canada to Newfoundland. Winters to coastal Southeast-USA;
Eremophila alpestris hoyti - Arctic coast of North-America to South-Canada. Winters to North-USA;
Eremophila alpestris praticola - Southeast-Canada to Central- and Eastcentral-USA;
Eremophila alpestris giraudi - Coastal prairie region of Southeast-Texas to East-Mexico;
Eremophila alpestris arcticola - North-Alaska to Mountains of British Columbia and North-Washington;
Eremophila alpestris alpina - Arctic-alpine summits of Northwest-USA (Mount Rainier and Mount St. helens);
Eremophila alpestris leucolaema - South-Canada to Southwest-USA and Northwest-Texas. Winters to Northwest-Mexico;
Eremophila alpestris enthymia - Great plains of Central-Canada to Central-USA. Winters to North-Mexico;
Eremophila alpestris merrillii - East slopes of Cascades and adjacent lowlands of British Columbia to Northeast-California;
Eremophila alpestris lamprochroma - Southeast-Oregon to Southwest-Idaho, Northeast-California and West-Nevada;
Eremophila alpestris utahensis - Southcentral-Idaho to Eastcentral-Nevada and Westcentral-Utah;
Eremophila alpestris ammophila - Deserts of Southwest-Nevada and Southeast-California. Winters to Northwest-Mexico;
Eremophila alpestris leucansiptila - Colorado Desert (Southwest-Nevada, West-Arizona, Northeast-Baja and Northwest-Sonora);
Eremophila alpestris occidentalis - North- and Central-Arizona to Northcentral-New Mexico. Winters to North-Mexico;
Eremophila alpestris strigata - Coastal Southwest-British Columbia and Northwest-USA west of Cascades;
Eremophila alpestris sierrae - Mountains of Northeast-California (South-Cascades and North-Sierra Nevada);
Eremophila alpestris rubea - Central-California (Sacramento Valley);
Eremophila alpestris actia - Coastal range of California to North-Baja California;
Eremophila alpestris insularis - Channel Islands (off South-California);
Eremophila alpestris adusta - South-Arizona to extreme Southwest-New Mexico and North-Sonora;
Eremophila alpestris enertera - Westcentral-Baja California and coastal islands of Magdalena Bay;
Eremophila alpestris aphrasta - Northwest-Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango);
Eremophila alpestris lactea - Northeast-Mexico (Coahuila);
Eremophila alpestris diaphora - Northeast-Mexico (Southeast-Coahuila to South-Tamaulipas, Hidalgo and Northeast-Puebla);
Eremophila alpestris chrysolaema - South-Mexican Plateau (Jalisco to Michoacán, Puebla and Veracruz);
Eremophila alpestris oaxacae - South-Mexico (East-Oaxaca);
Eremophila alpestris peregrina - East-Andes of Colombia;
Eremophila alpestris elwesi - West-China (South-Qinghai and South-Tibet) to North-Sikkim;
Eremophila alpestris argalea - West-China (extreme Southwest-Xinjiang) to Northwest-India;
Eremophila alpestris nigrifrons - West-China (Kokonor to West-Gansu);
Eremophila alpestris przewalskii - West-China (Northwest-Qinghai);
Eremophila alpestris khamensis - Southwest-China (Kham region of West- and South-Sichuan);
Eremophila alpestris teleschowi - Mountains of West-China (extreme Southeast-Xinjiang);
Eremophila alpestris longirostris - Northwest-Himalayas;
Eremophila alpestris brandti - Steppes of Central-Asia to Mountains of West-Mongolia and North-China;
Eremophila alpestris albigula - Mountains of North- and East-Iran to Pamirs, Afghan