Rolf Nussbaumer / Crested lark singing {Galerida cristata} Samos, Greece.

Markus Varesvuo / Crested lark (Galerida christata) Sultanate of Oman

Loic Poidevin / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata). The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, April.

Florian Möllers / Breeding habitat of Crested lark (Galerida cristata) and Common wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) on a construction site in Berlin, Germany, May 2009

Florian Möllers / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) collecting nest material on a construction site in Berlin, Germany, May

Florian Möllers / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) sunning on a construction site in Berlin, Germany, May

Florian Möllers / Rear view of Crested lark (Galerida cristata) perched on fence at a construction site in Berlin, Germany, May

Florian Möllers / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) amongst flowers on a construction site in Berlin, Germany, May

Florian Möllers / Rear view of Crested lark (Galerida cristata) perched on fence at a construction site in Berlin, Germany, May

Florian Möllers / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) perched on fence at a construction site in Berlin, Germany, May

Edwin Giesbers / Crested lark (Calerida cristata) with crest raised, perched in shrub, Lesbos, Greece

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geidemark / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) perched on post with a lake behind, Lake Prespa National Park, Albania, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) on rock, La Serena, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstra / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) on rock, La Serena, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) grooming on rock, La Serena, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) perched singing, Bulgaria, May 2008

Bruno D'Amicis / Crested lark (Galerida cristata riggenbachi) singing on wooden pole. North African race. Southern Morocco

Bruno D'Amicis / Thekla lark (Galerida theklae erlangeri) adult in mountain desert, NW African race, border between Morocco and Algeria, NW Africa

David Kjaer / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) on rock singing, Spain

David Kjaer / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) on rock, Spain

Roger Powell / Thekla Lark (Galerida theklae) on lichen covered rock, Extremadura, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Thekla lark {Galerida thecklae} Spain

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crested lark (Galerida cristata), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Rolf Nussbaumer / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) Samos, Greek Island, Greece. May 2000

Rolf Nussbaumer / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) singing, Samos, Greek Island, Greece. May 2000

Jose B. Ruiz / Thekla lark at nest with chicks {Galerida malabarica} Spain

Steve Knell / Crested lark {Galerida cristata} singing, UK

Juan Manuel Borrero / Crested Lark {Galerida cristata} Zaragoza, Spain

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crested Lark {Galerida cristata} Muscat, Oman.

DAVID TIPLING / Crested lark singing {Galerida cristata} Lesbos, Greece, Europe

DAVID TIPLING / Crested Lark {Galerida cristata} perching on fallen log, Greece.

David Kjaer / Crested lark {Galerida cristata} Spain

Duncan Usher / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) calling, Europe

Duncan Usher / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) portrait, Europe

Duncan Usher / Crested Lark (Galerida cristata), Europe

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crested lark {Galerida cristata} Al Qurm Park, Oman

Paul Hobson / Crested lark male singing {Galerida cristata} Lesvos, Greece

Robin Chittenden / Thekla lark (Galerida theklae) on rock, Cap de Cavaileria, Menorca, Spain, May

Mike Read / Crested lark {Galerida cristata} perched on fence, Alentejo, Portugal, February