Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens

Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
(aka Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens)

Coto Donaña, Andalucia, Spain
May 2022

The Mediterranean Short-toed Lark used to be lumped with the Turkestan Short-toed Lark A. heinei and the Asian Short-toed Lark A. cheleensis under the name Lesser Short-toed Lark. The Mediterranean Short-toed Lark is distributed in the Iberian Peninsula and across North Africa and into the Middle East. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

It has a rather short tail and a short hind claw. It has a streaked breast and upperparts and an indistinct pale supercilium.

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