Oriental Skylark
Alauda gulgula Franklin, 1831
Alaudidae — Larks
Oriental Skylark, Alauda gulgula, breeds across the Palearctic and Oriental Region, with a wide spread that also reaches central Asia. It is a lark of open country, especially short grassland and similar open ground, and it takes seeds and insects. The bird was described by Franklin in 1831. It has streaked yellow-brown upperparts, white outer tail feathers and a short crest, and the sexes look alike. Compared with the Eurasian Skylark, it is smaller, with a longer, more pointed bill, shorter wings and tail, and buffier outer tail feathers.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Alaudidae — Larks
- Breeding range
- Palearctic, Oriental Region: widespread, also c Asia
