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Sinoe , Romania, Lark species? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Earnest lad
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Andy Adcock
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I'd say Short-toed?
SteveClifton
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Juv Skylark (long primary projection)
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Earnest lad
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Hi Steve. Is that definite please? Short-toed would be a lifer.
I thought short toed were to be seen in that part of the world, but not so much skylark
I thought short toed were to be seen in that part of the world, but not so much skylark
SteveClifton
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I don't know about the distribution of either species in Romania, but I would have expected Skylark to be widely distributed in most of Europe.
Short-toed typically has its primaries almost fully cloaked by its tertials, with just a tiny projection beyond. Your bird is a very close match to the juv Skylark in Collins.
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Grahame Walbridge
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It's a juvenile Greater Short-toed Lark-note pattern of tertials/coverts, short hind claw, bill structure, buff outer tail feather etc. The tertials are short in juvenile and consequently show a long pp.
see http://blascozumeta.com/wp-content/uploads/aragon-birds/passeriformes/297.shorttoedlark-cbrachydactyla.pdf
and http://blascozumeta.com/wp-content/uploads/aragon-birds/passeriformes/302.skylark-aarvensis.pdf
Grahame
see http://blascozumeta.com/wp-content/uploads/aragon-birds/passeriformes/297.shorttoedlark-cbrachydactyla.pdf
and http://blascozumeta.com/wp-content/uploads/aragon-birds/passeriformes/302.skylark-aarvensis.pdf
Grahame
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SteveClifton
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That's useful Grahame. Thanks for the links :t:
Earnest lad
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Thats lovely for me too. Thanks for the help everyone and for the links. Especially because Greater short-toed Lark is a lifer for me!
Earnest lad
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Would it also be reasonable to say the dark patch on the side of the neck is visible too ?
Grahame Walbridge
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If you referring to the dark 'horseshoe' mark just below the eye, that is likely caused by feather separation as its tilting its head revealing darker feather bases-juveniles don't show dark neck patches.
Grahame
