Alternative name: Rufous-winged Bushlark
- Mirafra assamica
Identification
16 cm (6¼ in)
- Dark-streaked grey upperparts
- Buff underparts
- Spotting on the breast and behind the eye
- Rufous wings
- Short-tailed
- Strong stout bill
Distribution
Northern India to southern Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and extreme western Myanmar
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dry open stony country and cultivated areas.
Behaviour
Breeding
The male performs a high, undulating song flight. The 3 or 4 speckled eggs are laid into a ground nest.
Diet
Their diet is poorly documented, but is known to consist of seeds and invertebrates.
Vocalisation
Recording by Alok Tewari
Sultanpur, Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana, India, June-2015
Call given by one individual on a perch, open countryside and farmland. A rarity in this area.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Bengal Bush Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Bengal_Bush_Lark
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