The Long-billed Lark is a medium-sized bird with a long straight bill. It lives in open grassy areas of Africa and Asia.
The long-billed stint differs from related species with a longer and straighter bill. It helps maintain balance in nature by eating a large number of insects.
meadows, prairies, forb glades on land
pecking
Worker
birth time
Hot and almost no precipitation
Picking small food items from foliage, ground, or other surfaces.
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Legs count
days
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
beak
adult
Maturity
plant
insects
About health
Searches for food on or among rocks and stony surfaces.
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
surface gleaning of soil
results
aerial
summer warm, winter not very cold
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Colors
Sex
very hot and almost no rain
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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rains are very rare, almost a desert
little precipitation in winter, more in summer
walking
Trophic type
Filters
running
summer very hot, dry, lots of grass
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
leaf
Desert and dry shrubs
Very hot and almost dry
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
rock
Age (embryo)
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
Feeding occurs in open air space above ground or water.
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
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Lifespan average
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
Wings color
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
gleaning
Egg count
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
flight
Pets
Indomalayan realm
Indomalayan realm
Repeatedly strikes or probes substrate with beak to obtain food.
Hot steppe
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
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Old-timers
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Wingspan
turns
Rascals
terrestrial grassland and steppe
terrestrial herbaceous
insect
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
seeds
Litter size
Tropical savanna
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Egg color
Where are they found?
Down color
Low precipitation in winter
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Taxons
if born as {name}
Forages within or on the surface of soil or substrate.
Wings count
age
birth date
Palearctic realm
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
climbing
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
Mouth color
surface
primary food sources
Beak size
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
Very hot summer
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Gestation
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
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Food is gathered directly from leaf surfaces.
soil
Always hot
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lunge
Pleasant summer
all life stages
Female ♀
insectivore
world of Afrotropics
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Beak count
birth year
Maturity
steppe
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
Beak color
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
Legs color
What if eaten?
spiders
Very dry
Neither
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Plumage color
world of Afrotropics
Very hot and dry
Duration
live insects
This is me
from 11 to 16 grams, 1.5 – 12 centimeters
Steppe
Gamers
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
live spiders — arachnids of all sizes
very hot during the day, cold at night, almost no rain
terrestrial
Asexual
swap
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
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open grassy spaces — steppes, savannas, prairies
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
very hot and almost no precipitation
foraging
Capturing or collecting food while airborne.
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Strawberry
embryo
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
plant seeds — sunflower, grass, small wild seeds
Length
kg
very hot and dry, rare rains, cacti live
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
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