The bird with a tuft of feathers on its head may be a horned lark, which is a small songbird and medium-sized dark lark, with a total of 42 subspecies. The body length is 15-17 cm, the wingspan is 31-35 cm, and the weight is 33-45 grams. The forehead of the horned lark is white or light yellow, and there is a wide black horizontal band on the front of the head near the white forehead.
There are 2-3 long black feathers at each end, extending to the back of the head, like two horns. The eyes, cheeks, ear feathers, and base of the mouth are black, and the eyebrow line is white or light yellow, connected to the white forehead. The horned lark inhabits dry mountains, deserts, grasslands or rocks. During the non-breeding period, they often live in groups, often flying or running low over short distances to feed on insects and grass seeds. The breeding period is from May to August, with 2-5 eggs being laid in each clutch. Distributed in America, Indian subcontinent and southwest China.
