Hume's Short-toed Lark

Alternative name: Hume's Lark

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Calandrella acutirostris

Identification

13–14 cm

• White supercilium
• Dark loral spot

Distribution

Middle East, Asia
Middle East: Iran
Asia: Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• C. a. acutirostris:

• Mountains of north-eastern Iran to northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkestan and western China

• C. a. tibetana:

• Himalayas of northern Pakistan to northern India and eastern Tibet; winters to India

Habitat

Their favoured breeding habitat is sparsely vegetated sandy and gravelly ground at heights around 1000–5000 meters.

Behaviour

Breeding

Ground feeders. There is little known about their diet, but thought to be insects and seeds. They form feeding flocks in the non-breeding season.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hume's Short-toed Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hume%27s_Short-toed_Lark

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