lark Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark occ ...

is a small terrestrial bird. Lark, The Lark, Larks or The Larks may also refer to:

Geography

Lark, Utah Lark is a ghost town located west of Herriman in the Oquirrh Mountains of southwest Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Lark was the location of several copper mines. History The discovery of gold in Bingham Canyon in 1863 brought a rush ...

, United States, a ghost town * Lark, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community * Lark Street, Albany, New York, United States *

River Lark The River Lark crosses the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in England. It is a tributary of the River Great Ouse, and was extended when that river was re-routed as part of drainage improvements. It is thought to have been used for nav ...

, a river in England * Lark Lane, Liverpool, England * Lark Wood, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England * Lark or Larak Island, in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran

Arts and entertainment

Music

The Larks The Larks were an American vocal group, active in the early 1950s. They were not the same group as the Los Angeles–based Larks (originally The Meadowlarks) featuring Don Julian, nor the Philadelphia-based group The Four Larks. Original membe ...

, an influential American vocal group active in the 1950s * Lark (band), an electronica band from South Africa * "The Lark", nickname given to String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, by Joseph Haydn * "The Lark", composed by

Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, links=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, mʲɪxɐˈil ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognit ...

* "The Lark" or " Ciocârlia", composed by Angheluş Dinicu * ''Lark'' (album), a 1972 album by Linda Lewis *

Alouette (song) "Alouette" () is a popular Quebecois children's song, commonly thought to be about plucking the feathers from a lark. Although it is in French, it is well known among speakers of other languages; in this respect, it is similar to " Frère Jacqu ...

, Quebecois children's song whose title translates to "Lark"

Films

* ''The Lark'' (1958 film), an Australian TV adaptation of Jean Anouilh's play (see below) * ''The Lark'' (1964 film), a Soviet film * ''The Lark'' (2007 film), a British film

Fictional characters

* John Lark, a character in the Mission: Impossible – Fallout * Miss Lark, a recurring character in the ''Mary Poppins'' book series *

Lady Lark La Lunatica Lactuca the Knower Lactuca the Knower is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in ''Planet-Size X-Men'' #1 (August 2021), created by Gerry Duggan and Pepe Larraz. ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Lark, from the PlayStation 2 game ''

Devil Kings ''Devil Kings'', known in Japan as , is a 2005 video game for the PlayStation 2, developed and published by Capcom. It is the first installment in the ''Sengoku Basara'' franchise. The game's theme song for the Japanese version is "Crosswise" by ...

'' * Lark, from the Nintendo 64 game ''

Pilotwings 64 is a 1996 flight simulation video game developed by Nintendo and Paradigm Entertainment, Paradigm Simulation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was one of three launch game, launch titles for the Nintendo 64 in Japan as well as Eu ...

'' * Lark, a main character from ''

Milo Milo may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Milo (magazine), ''Milo'' (magazine), a strength sports magazine * ''Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze'', a 2011 children's novel by Alan Silberberg * Milo (video game), ''Milo'' (video game) * Milo ( ...

Plays

* ''The Lark'' (play), a 1952 play about Joan of Arc by Jean Anouilh

In the military

* , sixteen Royal Navy ships * Hired armed lugger ''Lark'', used by the Royal Navy from 1799 to 1801 * , two US Navy ships * CSS ''Lark'', a Confederate paddle steamer and blockade runner during the American Civil War *

SAM-N-2 Lark The SAM-N-2 Lark project was a solid-fuel boosted, liquid-fueled surface-to-air missile developed by the United States Navy to meet the kamikaze threat. It was developed as a crash program to introduce a medium-range defensive layer that would a ...

, an early U.S. Navy anti-aircraft missile * Lark (Norwegian resistance), a Second World War group sent into German-occupied Norway to prepare for a possible Allied invasion

Transportation

Studebaker Lark The Studebaker Lark is a compact car that was produced by Studebaker from 1959 to 1966. From its introduction in early 1959 until 1962, the Lark was a product of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. In mid-1962, the company dropped "Packard" from ...

, a compact car built by Studebaker in the 1950s and early 1960s * Lark (passenger train), a passenger train operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad * Lark, a South Devon Railway 0-4-0 steam locomotive * Curtiss Model 41 Lark, a commercial biplane introduced in 1925 * Keleher Lark, a single-seat aerobatic sport aircraft designed in the early 1960s *

Lark (dinghy) The Lark is a two-person, non-trapeze sailing dinghy, designed in 1966 by Michael Jackson (who was also responsible for many National 12 and Merlin Rocket designs). All Larks are made of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP). The Lark is a one-design c ...

, a two-person racing dinghy * MV ''Larks'', a former name of the ferry MV ''Lucky Star'' (1976)

Sports

* Denver Larks, a former name of the

Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (NBA), Northwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA), W ...

National Basketball Association team * Larks, a nickname for the

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: ''Les Alouettes de Montréal'') are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has disbanded twice and been re-established thrice. The Alouettes compe ...

Canadian Football League team * Hays Larks, a collegiate summer baseball team in Hays, Kansas * Jersey Larks, a professional ice hockey team which played in the Eastern Hockey League during the 1960–61 season *

Oakland Larks The Oakland Larks were a Negro league baseball team in the West Coast Negro Baseball League, based in Oakland, California Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the count ...

, a baseball team in the West Coast Negro Baseball League in 1946 *

Mynavi ABC Championship The was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was played at the ABC Golf Club in Katō, Hyōgo, usually in October or November. It was founded in 1971 as a Japan vs. United States team match (there was also individual prize mo ...

, a Japan Golf Tour event called the ABC Lark Cup (1988–1991) and the Lark Cup (1992–1993)

People

* Lark (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name *

Lark (person) A lark, early bird, morning person, or (in Scandinavian countries) an A-person, is a person who usually gets up early in the morning and goes to bed early in the evening. The term relates to the birds known as larks, which are known to sing befo ...

, someone who prefers to get up early in the morning and go to bed in the early evening * Sarah Lark, a pen name of German author

Christiane Gohl Christiane Gohl (born 1958) is a German author who uses the pen names Ricarda Jordan, Sarah Lark and Elisabeth Rotenberg. In addition to writing children's books centered on horses, she is also a novelist. Biography Born in Bochum, Gohl studied ...

(born 1958) * Lark O'Neal, a pen name of American novelist Barbara O'Neal (fl. 1990-present) * K. Gordon Lark, American biologist

Other uses

* Lark (cigarette), a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris * Lark Theater, a single-screen Art Deco cinema in Larkspur, California, United States * Lark Health, American digital health company * Lark Hotels, an American hotel management and development company * Lark, an XML syntax analyzer written by

Tim Bray Timothy William Bray (born June 21, 1955) is a Canadian software developer, environmentalist, political activist and one of the co-authors of the original XML specification. He worked for Amazon Web Services from December 2014 until May 2020 w ...

* Colloquial for a

larrikin Larrikin is an Australian English term meaning "a mischievous young person, an uncultivated, rowdy but good-hearted person", or "a person who acts with apparent disregard for social or political conventions". In the 19th and early 20th centurie ...

act *

Lark (software) Lark Suite is an enterprise collaboration platform developed by ByteDance and first released to the public in 2019. Lark and its China-only equivalent Feishu ("flying message") operate independently of one another and store user data separately ...

, collaborative software * The Lark (theater), a New York-based new play theater organization * Lark (restaurant), a restaurant in Seattle