Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark

Eremopterix griseus (Scopoli, 1786)

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark, Eremopterix griseus, is a lark of the Oriental Region, breeding in India and Pakistan. It lives in open plains and other bare or lightly covered ground, including stubble, scrub, waste land, riverside sand and tidal flats, and stays below 1,000 m. The bird is usually seen on the ground and only sometimes on wires. Males show a sandy brown body with an ashy crown and a black belly, chin, lower lores and eye stripe, while females are pale brown and resemble a female house sparrow.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Alaudidae — Larks

Breeding range

Oriental Region: India and Pakistan