Asian Short-toed Lark (Alaudala cheleensis)

China (mainland) (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB), Iraq (NB), Japan, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (P), Mongolia, North Korea, Russia (Asian), South Korea, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan.

Vagrant to India, Myanmar, Pakistan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A characteristic, quiet purring 'peert' or 'prrr-rrr-rrr', uttered in flight. Song is varied, melodious, and interspersed with mimicry and given in a spiralling flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (96)...)

Asian Short-toed Lark (Alaudala cheleensis) [XC468482]
by Frank Lambert from Bayan Nuur, Mongolia (song, song flight)

Asian Short-toed Lark (Alaudala cheleensis) [XC452210]
by Frank Lambert from Elsen Tasarkhai wetland, Tariat, Arkhangai, Mongolia (call)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens).

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

leucophaea (Severtsov, 1873) - Breeds Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (south of Kyzyl Kum) and south-eastern Kazakhstan east to L Balkhash and Fergana Basin. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens).
seebohmi Sharpe, 1890 - Southern Russia (Tuva), western Mongolia and extreme north-western China (Xinjiang, from Tien Shan south to Kashgaria, east to R Khostan). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens).
tuvinica (Stepanyan, 1975) - North-western Mongolia and southern Russia.
cheleensis (Swinhoe, 1871) - South-central to eastern. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens).
kukunoorensis Przewalski, 1876 - West-central China (Qaidam Basin, in northern Qinghai). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens).
beicki (Meise, 1933) - South-western Mongolia and bordering areas of northern China (Gansu, Ningxia). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens).
stegmanni Meise, 1937 - North-central China (north-western Gansu). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens).
tangutica Hartert & Steinbacher, 1933 - Southern Qinghai and north-eastern Tibet. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens).

References
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