Alternative name: Hume's Lark
- 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
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- C. a. acutirostris:
- Mountains of north-eastern Iran to northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkestan and western China
- C. a. tibetana:
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
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Hume's Short-toed Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hume%27s_Short-toed_Lark
External Links
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