Short-toed Larks - Greater vs Lesser (Europe) (1 Viewer)

John Cantelo

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• May 7, 2020

• #1

Having previously amused myself with drawing & writing a short guide to Thekla's vs Crested Lark ID I've gone back to drawing board (literally) and had a go at illustrating short-toed larks. Unlike last time I've yet to compose a table to go with it which I hope to do anon ....

 

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RafaelMatias

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• May 7, 2020

• #2

John, it looks really nice from what I can see.

 

3Italianbirders

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• May 7, 2020

• #3

Nice! And useful! :t:

 

Andy Adcock

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• May 8, 2020

• #4

Very good, I still refer to your first effort, I wish I had a talent, apart from upsetting people

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• May 8, 2020

• #5

not only useful but also beautiful
Thanks for sharing

 

Stuart Goodwin

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• May 8, 2020

• #6

Looks fantastic, good concise text with lovely clear illustrations. The start of another career?

Regards
Stuart

 

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Alexander Stöhr

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• May 9, 2020

• #7

Great! A big "Thank you" from me too! One of the posts (like this one https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=380984), that makes birdforum a very good addition to any field-guide!

 

rosbifs

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• May 10, 2020

• #8

Brilliant

 

njlarsen

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• May 10, 2020

• #9

next step will be to make a PDF with the full size image available ...

Niels

 

jurek

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• May 10, 2020

• #10

Very good illustrations!

 

Mark Etheridge

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• May 11, 2020

• #11

Superb John, thank you very much...:t:

 

dragnil

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• May 11, 2020

• #12

njlarsen said:

next step will be to make a PDF with the full size image available ...

Niels

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Seconded, that would be very helpful.

 

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THE_FERN

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• May 11, 2020

• #13

Yes very nice. Meanwhile, perhaps post to one of the Opus pages, with a link to it from the other?

[Oh and if you could just add in all the asian short-toed thingys too...]

 

John Cantelo

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• May 11, 2020

• #14

njlarsen said:

next step will be to make a PDF with the full size image available ...

Niels

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Thanks again for everyone's kind words. I'll be drafting my article on the two for the ABS magazine anon & hope to do something similar to my Thekla's vs Crested Lark table of differences. When I do so I should be able to put together a pdf .....

Thinking of tackling Phylsocs next if I'm brave enough ....

 

MJB

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• May 11, 2020

• #15

THE_FERN said:

Yes very nice. Meanwhile, perhaps post to one of the Opus pages, with a link to it from the other?

[Oh and if you could just add in all the asian short-toed thingys too...]

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...and remember there's a new paper out on the systematics of the Asian taxa...!
MJBoo
(Ghorbani et al 2020...)

 

John Cantelo

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• Jul 4, 2020

• #16

Short-toed Larks PDF

I've re-used my drawings, added ID & other details in tabular form and, as requested, saved it as a pdf. (Although I'm not sure it's inevitable complexity makes it more helpful than the simpler original!) I'll be posting this & other info on my blog anon. The much reduced version of the pdf is attached below. I'm afraid anything beyond European birds is way beyond my knowledge, expertise & experience! I suspect that there's a glitch (or two) lurking in the pdf (I'm rubbish at proof reading my own work) so any feedback would be useful.

 

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