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;[[: Category:Galerida|Galerida]] malabarica | ;[[: Category:Galerida|Galerida]] malabarica | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Long spiky erectile crest. Dark and heavy streaking above. Rufous-buff flanks. Medium spotting on the breast. The sexes are similar. | Long spiky erectile crest. Dark and heavy streaking above. Rufous-buff flanks. Medium spotting on the breast. The sexes are similar. | ||
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Can be confused with [[Oriental Skylark]] but less spotting on the breast, heavier bill and longer crest. Pale rufous outer tail feathers. | Can be confused with [[Oriental Skylark]] but less spotting on the breast, heavier bill and longer crest. Pale rufous outer tail feathers. | ||
Call is different. | Call is different. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Western [[India]]. | Western [[India]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
This is a monotypic species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>, which in the past has been treated as conspecific with [[Thekla Lark]]. | This is a monotypic species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>, which in the past has been treated as conspecific with [[Thekla Lark]]. | ||
Revision as of 06:08, 3 February 2011
- Galerida malabarica
Identification
Long spiky erectile crest. Dark and heavy streaking above. Rufous-buff flanks. Medium spotting on the breast. The sexes are similar.
Similar Species
Similar to Crested Lark but smaller, darker and heavily streaked above, rufous-buff below mainly on flanks. Pale rufous outer tail feathers. Can be confused with Oriental Skylark but less spotting on the breast, heavier bill and longer crest. Pale rufous outer tail feathers. Call is different.
Distribution
Western India.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species1, which in the past has been treated as conspecific with Thekla Lark.
Habitat
Open country, cultivation and scrub.
Behaviour
It nests on the ground, laying 2-3 eggs.
Diet includes seeds and insects.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
