Short-toed lark but which? Gallery and Spain (1 Viewer)

[njlarsen]

Dear all, the below image is currently the main image in the opus page for Mediterranean Short-toed Lark (formerly lesser). Photo taken April 2004. However, I read the comments as saying this might be a (greater) STL. So which species is it really?

Lesser Short-toed Lark

This bird seems to prefer even hotter drier habitats than the Greater Short-toed Lark. It differs from that species by its different head shape, its short stubby beak & more heavily speckled markings on the upper breast extending much...

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Here are a couple of other photos of MSTL from the gallery, would any of these be better to represent the bird in the opus page?

Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) (ssp minor)

Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) (ssp minor)

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Alaudala rufescens

New research on phylogeny of Larks. Among some other suggested changes, Lesser Short-toed Lark moves from genus Calandrella to Alaudala, hence now called Alaudala rufescens. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790313002418

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Lesser Short-toed Lark

http://www.tatzpit.com/Site/pages/inPage.asp?catID=9&subID=333&subsubID=336

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thanks
Niels (Who have probably only seen this species once or twice in the last 20 years)

 

[Brian J Small]

Main page images MStL, as are the others. The best photo is that from Fuerte, but it suffers from a horrible yellow colour cast - see correction below

Brian

 

[Butty]

horrible yellow colour cast

Lovely, and perfectly natural, low morning/evening light. But better corrected 👍🏻

 

[njlarsen]

Thanks both, the corrected image is now the main image in the opus page
Niels