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- Alaudala heinei
Identification
Distribution
Turkey and Ukraine east to Mongolia and Afghanistan, and south to southern Iraq and Iran.
Taxonomy
This taxon was formerly included in Lesser Short-toed Lark (sensu lato).
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1].
- A. h. heinei
- Breeds from Ukraine and eastern Turkey east to eastern Kazakhstan and (disjunctly?) to southern Mongolia; wintering in the Middle East and southwestern Asia
- A. h. aharonii
- A. h. persica
- Southern Iraq and Iran to southeast Afghanistan
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Turkestan Short-toed Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Turkestan_Short-toed_Lark
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.