The reason why the crested lark is small but not loud is because the lark does not scream during molt. Nine out of ten crested larks never call. If you want to hear the call of crested larks, you need to select a female bird to raise from fledglings. Moreover, larks do not scream during molting. Some of them stop screaming once they fall into a crotch. Some call, and some start calling in the twelfth lunar month.
The Crested Lark is slightly larger among the passerines, with a body length of 17-18 cm. It has a crest with long and narrow feathers. The upper body is sandy brown with almost black vertical stripes, and the tail coverts are yellow. The skin on the lower body is light yellow, and the chest is densely covered with almost black vertical stripes. It looks squat, with a short tail, and a slightly long and downwardly curved bill. When flying, the wings are wide and rust-colored under the wings; the tail is dark brown and the sides are yellowish brown. The upper body of young birds is densely covered with spots. The difference from the skylark is that the profile is larger and the feather crest is pointed, the bill is longer and curved, the ear feathers are less brown and there is no white rear wing edge. It makes a chirping sound as it lifts off, repeating itself and interspersed with trills. Slower, shorter and clearer than the song of a skylark.
