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Goa, India, March, 2009

Eremopterix grisea

[edit] Identification

12 cm.
Male

• Brownish-black underparts and head
• rilght white patches on the nape
• Grey crown
• Pale grey upperparts and wings
• Light grey thick bill
  

Female and Young

• drabber, pale brown-grey upperparts
• Buff underparts
• White belly
• Dark grey underwing coverts visible in flight

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Open dry scrub and dry cultivated fields. Arid plains.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

A ground nester, laying 2-3 eggs.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects and seeds.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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