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− | ;[[:Category:Alauda|Alauda]] japonica
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− | [[Image:Japanese_Skylark.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Francksan.<br/ >Photo taken: Hokkaido, Japan.]]
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− | ==Identification==
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− | Size: 17 cm
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− | Brown medium sized Lark with mottled upperparts. Short crest. Has distinct rufous shoulder triangle of lesser wing coverts and rufous ear coverts surrounded by white supercilium meeting white half collar and white throat. Pale yellow bill with dark tip. Dark brown iris and orange feet.
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− | ==Similar Species==
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− | Distinguished from [[Eurasian Skylark]] by rufous shoulder. From [[Oriental Skylark]] by larger size, whiter trailing edge to wings and call.
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− | Call is similar to [[Eurasian Skylark]].
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− | ==Distribution==
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− | S Sakhalin, S Kurils, Japan and Ryukyu Is. May occur in China along S & E coasts when on passage.
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− | ==Taxonomy==
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− | Some authors treat it as a race of [[Eurasian Skylark]]
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− | ==Habitat==
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− | Grasslands, Shrublands, Shoreline, Marine intertidal or in wetlands. Breeding mainly in Grasslands.
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− | ==Behaviour==
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− | Similar to [[Eurasian Skylark]].
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− | ==External Links==
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− | {{GSearch|Alauda+japonica}}
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− | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Alauda]]
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