Other Names (World)
Indian Bushlark, Indian Lark, Red-winged Lark(!), Indian Red-winged Lark, Indian Red-winged Bushlark, Indian Rusty-winged Lark, Indian Rusty-winged Bushlark, Indian Bush Lark
South-eastern (possibly also north-east) Pakistan and much of India (southern Punjab, western Rajasthan and western Gujarat east to Orissa, south to southern Karnataka).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Indian Bush Lark (Mirafra erythroptera) [XC187209]
by Frank Lambert from Durgapur, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India (call)
Indian Bush Lark (Mirafra erythroptera) [XC663621]
by Jelle Scharringa from Bhadi, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Relationship with African congeners unknown. Mitochondrial DNA data suggest that this species is nested within the "Bengal Bushlark (Mirafra assamica) complex", thus making latter non-monophyletic. Birds from north-west of range, supposedly paler and greyer above and whiter below, sometimes recognized as subspecies sindiana, but variation apparently individual rather than geographical. Others, from Rajkot, in Gujarat (India), described as subspecies furva on basis of longer tail and darker plumage than that form; more research needed.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet