Mary Allen
Larks ƙananan tsuntsaye ne. A duk duniya akwai nau'ikan 90, a cikin Turai, akwai nau'ikan goma sha ɗaya. Mafi sanannun su ne skylark, woodlark, crested lark, da ɗan gajeren yatsu. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan nau'ikan lark suna ciyar da duk shekara a wuri ɗaya. Don haka suna zaune. Wasu sun ƙaura zuwa Spain da Portugal, wasu kuma sun ƙaura zuwa Afirka. Don haka tsuntsaye ne masu hijira.
Abu na musamman game da larks shine waƙar su. Sau da yawa, mawaƙa da mawaƙa sun yi rubuce-rubuce game da shi ko kuma sun kwaikwayi kiɗan su don rera waƙar larks. Za su iya hawa tudu sannan su karkata zuwa ƙasa, koyaushe suna waƙa.
Larks suna gina gidajensu a ƙasa. Suna bukatar wani fili da babu manomi da yake aiki a kai a halin yanzu kuma wanda mutane ba su gyara ba. Anan suka tona wani dan karamin rami suka toshe shi. Saboda akwai ƙananan irin waɗannan wurare, ƙananan larks suna ɗaukar shi don wasu nau'in. Wasu manoma suna barin wani yanki a tsakiyar gona ba tare da an taɓa su ba. Ana kiran wannan “tagan lark”.
Larks na mata suna yin ƙwai sau ɗaya ko sau biyu a shekara, kusan biyu zuwa shida kowane lokaci. Wannan ya dogara da nau'in lark. Yawancin lokaci, mace kawai ta shiga ciki, wanda yana da kusan makonni biyu. Duk iyayen biyu sai su ciyar da ƴaƴansu tare. Bayan mako mai kyau, matasan sun tashi.
Larks ba su da ɗanɗano game da abincin su: suna cin caterpillars, ƙananan beetles, da tururuwa, amma har da gizo-gizo, da katantanwa. Amma tsaba kuma suna cikin abincin su, kamar yadda buds da ƙananan ciyawa suke.
Larks yawanci launin ruwan kasa ne. Don haka sun dace da launi na duniya da kyau. Suna da launin kamanni kawai don kare su daga mafarauta. Duk da haka, akwai ƙananan nau'in lark da yawa. Wannan ba don maƙiya ba ne amma saboda suna samun ƙarancin wuraren da suka dace don gidajensu.