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[[Image:Greater short toed Lark3.jpg|thumb|520px|right|Photo by {{user|Scottishdude|Scottishdude}}<br />Track by Lucio del Lobo, Sepulveda, [[Spain]], May, 2010]] | [[Image:Greater short toed Lark3.jpg|thumb|520px|right|Photo by {{user|Scottishdude|Scottishdude}}<br />Track by Lucio del Lobo, Sepulveda, [[Spain]], May, 2010]] | ||
;[[:Category:Calandrella|Calandrella]] brachydactyla | ;[[:Category:Calandrella|Calandrella]] brachydactyla | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | 14–15 cm<br /> | ||
+ | A short-billed lark with long [[Topography#Wings|tertials]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Image:1181200606041734E ShorttoedLark.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|mikeprince|mikeprince }}<br />Belen Plain, Extremadura, [[Spain]], June 2006 ]] | [[Image:1181200606041734E ShorttoedLark.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|mikeprince|mikeprince }}<br />Belen Plain, Extremadura, [[Spain]], June 2006 ]] | ||
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]] | '''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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+ | There are 8 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
*''C. b. brachydactyla'': | *''C. b. brachydactyla'': | ||
:*Mediterranean environs and islands | :*Mediterranean environs and islands | ||
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:*[[Tibet]] to north-eastern [[China]] | :*[[Tibet]] to north-eastern [[China]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Semi-arid farm land, fields, short-grass steppe and desert scrub. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | ====Diet==== | ||
+ | A wide variety of invertebrates, seeds and green vegetable matter. | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
<flashmp3>Calandrella brachydactyla (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Calandrella brachydactyla (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Calandrella brachydactyla (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Calandrella brachydactyla (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
− | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase |
+ | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014) | ||
+ | #BF Member observations | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Calandrella+brachydactyla}} | {{GSearch|Calandrella+brachydactyla}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Calandrella]][[Category:Bird Songs]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Calandrella]][[Category:Bird Songs]] |
Revision as of 23:11, 12 September 2014
- Calandrella brachydactyla
Identification
14–15 cm
A short-billed lark with long tertials
Distribution
Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia
Europe: Scandinavia, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Ibiza, Mallorca, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Hungary, Balkans, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Crete, Corfu, Malta, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova
Northern Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya
Middle East: Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran
Asia: Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, GeorgiaSiberia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 8 subspecies[1]:
- C. b. brachydactyla:
- Mediterranean environs and islands
- C. b. hungarica:
- C. b. rubiginosa:
- C. b. woltersi:
- C. b. hermonensis:
- C. b. artemisiana:
- Asia Minor, Transcaucasia and north-western Iran
- C. b. longipennis (orientalis):
- C. b. dukhunensis:
Habitat
Semi-arid farm land, fields, short-grass steppe and desert scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
A wide variety of invertebrates, seeds and green vegetable matter.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Calandrella brachydactyla (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Greater Short-toed Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Greater_Short-toed_Lark