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Common Name:Lark, Horned
Scientific Name:Eremophila alpestris
Family:Alaudidae (Larks)
Area:Coville Road - Polk County, Oregon
Date:June 29, 2014

Here in the Willamette Valley we have the sub-species, Streaked Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris strigata).

Reference:Birds of the Willamette Valley Region by Nehls, Aversa, and Opperman / Birds of Oregon by Burrows & Gilligan / National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer