Whilst walking around the Judah area we located tens of Desert Larks often in pairs and almost all were of the pale subspeciesaziziwhich is the palest form of all the subspecies and matches almost perfectly with the limestone rocks and scree of the escarpment.
As can be seen from one of the photos below they blend in to the background perfectly with their plumage matching that of the limestone cliffs and rocks. They prefer arid hills, stony or rocky slopes with sparse vegetation and can often be located by their constant calling. Birds were seen along the entire length of the escarpment and although never common should be located if looked for carefully enough.
![Camouflaged Desert Larks – Jebal Hamrah Desert Lark1](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j1Tr1xsosuw/XMWxhfw5fNI/AAAAAAAAd20/5u52l7pz9w4LJML4Y8PIZA7XmNJUOjEywCLcBGAs/s1600/Desert_Lark1.jpg)
![Camouflaged Desert Larks – Jebal Hamrah Desert Lark](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Su-22wC2Q-w/XMWxhUYPqUI/AAAAAAAAd24/7VdcLKbIwwMuNcmR-VEYQghteYIknVxmwCLcBGAs/s1600/Desert_Lark.jpg)
![Camouflaged Desert Larks – Jebal Hamrah Jem Babbington](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Jem_Babbington_square-e1326016039596.jpg)
Jem Babbington
Jem Babbington is a keen birder and amateur photographer located in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia where he goes birding every day. Jem was born in England and is a serious local patch and local area birder who has been birding for almost forty years and has birded in more than fifty countries. Jem is learning to ring birds in Bahrain as a perfect way to learn more about the birds of the area. Saudi Arabia is a very much under-watched and under-recorded country.
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