Sand Lark (Alaudala raytal)

Other Names (World)
Sand Lark, Indian Short-toed Lark, Asian Short-toed Lark, Indian Sand Lark, Raytal Lark

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1844)

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (B) (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan.

Unknown to Afghanistan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Sand Lark (Alaudala raytal) [XC700637]
by id from Dharasana, Valsad, Gujarat, India (call)

Sand Lark (Alaudala raytal) [XC426385]
by Peter Boesman from River side, Nameri National Park, Assam, India (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Somali Short-toed Lark (Alaudala somalica) and Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens) and has been treated as a subspecies of Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens), but differs in morphology, song and habitat choice. Named subspecies vauriei, known only from type locality in north-eastern India (Palasbari, in Assam), synonymized with nominate. Subspecies adamsi intergrades with nominate in northern India (Haryana).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

adamsi (Hume, 1871) - South-eastern Iran, Pakistan and north-western India (Punjab, Haryana, north-western Gujarat).
raytal (Blyth, 1844) - Northern India (eastern from Haryana to Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal, Bangladesh and central and southern Myanmar.
krishnakumarsinhji (Vaurie & Dharmakumarsinhji, 1954) - Bhavnagar, in southern Gujarat (western India).

References
See References.

Files:

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