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Which Lark ;; (1 Viewer)
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Robin Edwards
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I believe you have Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
John Butler
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Looks more like a Lesser Short-toed Lark to me.
ColD
Save the Egyptian Vulture in Greece
First photo the bird on the right looks to have a crest and from the angle looks more like Crested Lark Galerida cristata the bird on the left looks like a female House Sparrow.The second photo looks more like a Short-toed Lark Calandrella cinerea
ColD
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That was my first thought.
lostinjapan
Well-known member
Aren't the pics of the same bird?
The first the crest is raised and the 2nd the crest is down.
I think we can eliminate Lesser-short toed on size alone. The are smaller than House Sparrow.Moreover, this bird seems to have too much streaking on the breast.
Short-toed would not have a breast band, just a little streaking on the sides of the breast.
Calandra wold have a much broader stubbier bill and would have obvious black neck patches.
That leaves us with Skylark and Crested lark. The bird in the first pic seems to have a very long crest, and also extensive streaking on the breast, more than most Skylark.
Moreover, in the 2nd pic (which I think is the same bird) the mantle appears fairly plain, and the flanks are unstreaked also suggesting Crested. The bill also appears to be longish with a curved upper mandible and straight lower mandible.
Although in both pics the bird(s) appear quite rufous, this may be an artefact of the photos and in certain lights Crested Lark can look quite rufous. A Skylark would show an obvious reddish cheek and reddish tertials.
Moreover there is no primary projection, also suggestive of Crested Lark.
I also believe that Skylark is only a winter visitor to most of Greece.
Well that is my two-penneth worth.
Sean
Hiroshima
The first the crest is raised and the 2nd the crest is down.
I think we can eliminate Lesser-short toed on size alone. The are smaller than House Sparrow.Moreover, this bird seems to have too much streaking on the breast.
Short-toed would not have a breast band, just a little streaking on the sides of the breast.
Calandra wold have a much broader stubbier bill and would have obvious black neck patches.
That leaves us with Skylark and Crested lark. The bird in the first pic seems to have a very long crest, and also extensive streaking on the breast, more than most Skylark.
Moreover, in the 2nd pic (which I think is the same bird) the mantle appears fairly plain, and the flanks are unstreaked also suggesting Crested. The bill also appears to be longish with a curved upper mandible and straight lower mandible.
Although in both pics the bird(s) appear quite rufous, this may be an artefact of the photos and in certain lights Crested Lark can look quite rufous. A Skylark would show an obvious reddish cheek and reddish tertials.
Moreover there is no primary projection, also suggestive of Crested Lark.
I also believe that Skylark is only a winter visitor to most of Greece.
Well that is my two-penneth worth.
Sean
Hiroshima
Joern Lehmhus
Well-known member
I , d also say Crested Lark here.
