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[[Image:Greater_Short-toed_Lark.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />Location: Track by Lucio del Lobo, [[Coto Donana National Park|Donana]], [[Spain]]]]
 
;[[:Category:Calandrella|Calandrella]] brachydactyla
 
;[[:Category:Calandrella|Calandrella]] brachydactyla
 
==Identification==
 
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==Distribution==
 
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[[Image:1181200606041734E ShorttoedLark.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|mikeprince|mikeprince }}<br />Juvenile<br />Belen Plain, Extremadura, [[Spain]], June 2006 ]]
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[[Europe]], [[Africa]], [[Middle East]], [[Asia]]<br />
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'''Europe''': [[Scandinavia]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Denmark]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Ibiza]], [[Mallorca]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Switzerland]], [[Italy]], [[Sicily]], [[Sardinia]], [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Balkans]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Albania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Greece]], [[Crete]], [[Corfu]], [[Malta]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]], [[Moldova]]<br />
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'''Northern Africa''': [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]], [[Libya]], [[Egypt]]<br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], [[Mali]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]]<br />
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'''Middle East''':  [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]]<br />
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'''Arabian Peninsula''', [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]]<br />
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'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia]][[Siberia]], [[Turkestan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], Inner [[Mongolia]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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*''C. b. brachydactyla'':
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:*Mediterranean environs and islands
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*''C. b. hungarica'':
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*''C. b. rubiginosa'':
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:*Northern [[Africa]] ([[Morocco]], [[Algeria]] and [[Tunisia]]); [[Malta]]
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*''C. b. woltersi'':
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:*North-western [[Syria]] and adjacent southern [[Turkey]]
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*''C. b. hermonensis'':
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:*[[Sinai]] Peninsula to extreme southern [[Turkey]] and eastern [[Syria]]
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*''C. b. artemisiana'':
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:*Asia Minor, Transcaucasia and north-western [[Iran]]
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*''C. b. longipennis (orientalis)'':
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:*Caucasus to [[Ukraine]], northern [[Mongolia]] and north-eastern [[China]]; >eastern [[Africa]]
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*''C. b. dukhunensis'':
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:*[[Tibet]] to north-eastern [[China]]
 
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''[[Media:Calandrella brachydactyla (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
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==References==
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==External Links==
 
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Calandrella]][[Category:Bird Songs]]

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Photo by Steve G
Location: Track by Lucio del Lobo, Donana, Spain
Calandrella brachydactyla

Identification

Distribution

Photo by mikeprince
Juvenile
Belen Plain, Extremadura, Spain, June 2006

Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia
Europe: Scandinavia, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Ibiza, Mallorca, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Hungary, Balkans, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Crete, Corfu, Malta, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova
Northern Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya
Middle East: Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran
Asia: Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, GeorgiaSiberia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

  • C. b. brachydactyla:
  • Mediterranean environs and islands
  • C. b. hungarica:
  • C. b. rubiginosa:
  • C. b. woltersi:
  • C. b. hermonensis:
  • C. b. artemisiana:
  • Asia Minor, Transcaucasia and north-western Iran
  • C. b. longipennis (orientalis):
  • C. b. dukhunensis:

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

<flashmp3>Calandrella brachydactyla (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program

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.
  2. Avibase

Recommended Citation

External Links

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