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Photo by Rakesh
Location: Ponda, Goa, India
Alauda gulgula

Identification

Size: 16 cm

Streaked, yellow-brown upper plumage, Buffy-white outer tail feathers and a short crest. Rufous tinge to primaries, but not as rufous as Mirafra. Small fine bill. Sexes are similar.

Distribution

Western, Central, South-east Asia & China.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Open grassland, often near waterbodies.

Behaviour

Its diet includes seeds and insects.

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