Crested Lark ...

Crested Lark on barbed wire.

comments (6)

DragonC

Musk Oxen

I don't think this is a Sparrow. The beak is wrong. Looks more like a Dunnock to me. Posted 14 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  That was my mistake. I translated the tag "passeidae" and it returned sparrow. Title fixed now. Posted 14 years ago
2. 1. DragonC
    
    Musk Oxen
    
    Hmmm. I can see how that would happen. But I don't think that tag is technically correct either. Sparrows (Passeridae) are part of the finch family. Their beaks are designed for seeds. Dunnocks (Prunellidae) are insectivores, totally different beak structure. Posted 14 years ago

EAmer

Lion

Beautiful Galerida cristata :) Posted 14 years ago
1. DragonC
  
  Musk Oxen
  
  I stand corrected. It is a Crested Lark. Posted 14 years ago
2. 1. EAmer
    
    Lion
    
    Love your stubbornness,
    It may be asked Rafi? Posted 14 years ago

The Crested Lark

The Crested Lark breeds across most of temperate Eurasia from Portugal to northeast China and eastern India, and in Africa south to Niger. It is non-migratory, and the sedentary nature of this species is illustrated by the fact that it is only a very rare vagrant to Great Britain, despite breeding as close as northern France.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by DragonC

By Abecassis Rafi

Uploaded Jul 22, 2011. Captured Jul 18, 2011 18:14.

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