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Photo taken: Israel

Eremalauda dunni

[edit] Identification

14-15cm.

• Pale sand brown, dark streaked above
• White below
• Dark streaked breast
• Pale stripe above eye
• Pale eyering
• Dark mark under eye
• Dark moustache and malar stripe
• Black undertail, black above with rust brown central feathers and pale outer ones
• Pale pink or yellow bill

[edit] Distribution

Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Oman.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Flat arid areas with grass and light bushes.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects and seeds.

They nest in a ground scrape, lined with vegetation. 2-3 white with black and lavender spots eggs are laid and incubated for 13-16 days.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links