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 LC    Hume's Lark* Id (Atlas):
    Calandrella acutirostris

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Hume's Lark, Hume’s Short-toed Lark, Slender-billed Lark, Hume's Short-toed Lark

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hume, 1873

Habitat
Hot desert. From 1,000 - 5,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan (B).

Vagrant to Israel.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

 
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris) [XC491136]
     by Manuel Schweizer from SE shore of Koko Nor, Qinghai, China (song)

 
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris) [XC491134]
     by Peter Boesman from SE shore of Koko Nor, Qinghai, China (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla), Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea), Blanford's Lark (Calandrella blanfordi) and Erlanger's Lark (Calandrella erlangeri).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • acutirostris Hume, 1873   -  Breeds north-eastern Iran east to southern Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and extreme western China (western Xinjiang). Winters mainly Pakistan and north-western India.
  • tibetana Brooks, WE, 1880   -  Breeds north-eastern Pakistan and north-western India eastern across Tibetan Plateau to central China (southern Gansu, extreme western Ningxia and north-western Sichuan) and south to Nepal and Sikkim. Winters northern Indian Subcontinent.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Humes Lark (Calandrella acutirostris) - 10 files


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