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Kōrero: Introduced land birds

Skylark eggs

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Skylark eggs

Skylarks lay their eggs between September and January. They are cream with brown speckles that become more intense and darker at the blunt end. Their nests are often a grassy depression in the ground, but these eggs were laid in the sand dunes at Te Paki in Northland.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10047802

by Chris Rudge

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Christina Troup, Introduced land birds – Skylarks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17170/skylark-eggs (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Christina Troup, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.