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Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark

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Photo by Robert L JarvisRathambore, India, January 2006
Photo by Robert L Jarvis
Rathambore, India, January 2006
Eremopterix grisea

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[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 species1.

[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

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