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Alternative name: Shore Lark
Eremophila alpestris
[edit ] Identification Pale or dark brown upperparts
white underparts
White face and throat
mask, cap, collar, and ear tufts are black
Tail is dark with white edges.
Sexes are similar
Juvenile
White-spotted brown upperparts, head and face
White eyebrow
No ear tufts
White underparts with faintly spotted breast
[edit ] Distribution Circumpolar, including Alaska and Canada .
[edit ] Taxonomy E. a. balcanica : Mountains of south-eastern Europe (Yugoslavia , Bulgaria and northern Greece )
E. a. kumerloevei : West and central Asia Minor
E. a. atlas : High plateaux of Morocco
E. a. bicornis : Western Turkey (Taurus Mountains) to Lebanon and Palestine
E. a. penicillata : Mountains of Asia Minor , the Caucasus and western Iran
E. a. albigula : Mountains of northern and eastern Iran to Pamirs, Afghanistan and western China
E. a. brandti : Steppes of central Asia to mountains of western Mongolia and northern China
E. a. longirostris : North-western Himalayas
E. a. teleschowi : Mountains of western China (extreme south-eastern Xinjiang)
E. a. khamensis : South-western China (Kham region of western and southern Sichuan)
E. a. przewalskii : Western China (north-western Qinghai)
E. a. nigrifrons : Western China (Kokonor to western Gansu)
E. a. argalea : Western China (extreme sw Xinjiang) to north-western India (Kashmir to Ladakh)
E. a. elwesi : Western China (southern Qinghai and southern Tibet ) to northern Sikkim
E. a. enertera : West-central Baja California and coastal islands southern of Magdalena Bay
E. a. aphrasta : North-western Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango)
E. a. lactea : North-eastern Mexico (Coahuila)
E. a. diaphora : North-eastern Mexico (south-eastern Coahuila to southern Tamaulipas, Hidalgo and north-eastern Puebla)
E. a. chrysolaema : Southern Mexican Plateau (Jalisco to Michoacán, Puebla and Veracruz)
E. a. oaxacae : Southern Mexico (east Oaxaca)
E. a. peregrina : Eastern Andes of Colombia
E. a. flava : Northern Palearctic regionEastern dark Group
E. a. hoyti : Arctic coast of North America to southern Canada ; winters to northern US
E. a. alpestris : Arctic north-eastern Canada to Newfoundland ; winters coastal south-eastern US
E. a. praticola : South-eastern Canada to central and east-central US
E. a. giraudi : Coastal prairie region of south-eastern Texas to eastern Mexico (north-eastern Tamaulipas)Western pale Group
E. a. arcticola : North Alaska to mountains of British Columbia and northern Washington
E. a. alpina : Arctic-alpine summits of north-western US (Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens)
E. a. leucolaema : Southern Canada to south-western US and north-western Texas ; winters north-western Mexico
E. a. enthymia : Great Plains of central Canada to central US ; winters northern Mexico
E. a. merrilli : Eastern slope of Cascades and adjacent lowlands from British Columbia to north-eastern California
E. a. lamprochroma : South-eastern Oregon to south-western Idaho , north-eastern California and western Nevada
E. a. utahensis : South-central Idaho to east-central Nevada and west-central Utah
E. a. ammophila : Deserts of south-western Nevada and south-eastern California ; winters north-western Mexico
E. a. leucansiptila : Colorado Desert (south-western Nevada , western Arizona , north-eastern Baja and north-western Sonora)
E. a. occidentalis : Northern and central Arizona to north-central New Mexico ; winters northern Mexico 'Western rufous Group
E. a. strigata : Humid coastal belt of south-western British Columbia and north-western US west of the Cascades
E. a. sierrae : Mountains of north-eastern California (southern Cascades and northern Sierra Nevada)
E. a. rubea : Central California (Sacramento Valley)
E. a. actia : Coastal range of southern California (Humboldt Co.) to northern Baja California
E. a. insularis : Channel Islands (off southern California )
E. a. adusta : South Arizona (south of Tucson) to extreme south-western New Mexico and northern Sonora
[edit ] Habitat Plains, fields, and beaches
[edit ] Behaviour Adults' diet includes weed and grass seeds; insects are fed to the young.
[edit ] Vocalisation Listen in an external program [edit ] References Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World . 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019 .
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