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 LC    Indian Short-toed Lark* Id (Atlas):
    Alaudala raytal

Description (10)
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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) [XC426385]
     by Peter Boesman from River side, Nameri National Park, Assam, India (call)

 
Sand Lark (Alaudala raytal) [XC122992]
     by Phil Gregory from Jamnagar, Gujarat, India (song)

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
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Files:
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