Larks (Alaudidae) - HBW 9
Indian Bushlark (Mirafra erythroptera)
French: Alouette à ailes rousses
German: Rotflügellerche
Spanish: Alondra India
Other common names: Indian/Red-winged(!) Lark, Indian Red-winged/Rusty-winged Lark/Bushlark
Taxonomy: Mirafra erythroptera Blyth, 1845, northern portion of Indian Peninsula.
Relationship with African congeners unknown. Mitochondrial DNA data suggest that this species is nested within the “M. assamica complex”, thus making latter non-monophyletic. Birds from NW of range, supposedly paler and greyer above and whiter below, sometimes recognized as race sindiana, but variation apparently individual rather than geographical; others, from Rajkot, in Gujarat (India), described as race furva on basis of longer tail and darker plumage than that form; more research needed. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE (possibly also NE) Pakistan and much of India (S Punjab, W Rajasthan and W Gujarat E to Orissa, S to S Karnataka).
- Least Concern
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bird singing in top of a brush Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Eldert Groenewoud 27 October 2009 12 weeks ago 38 sec 4 -
Variety of calls inluding of chick Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2005 11 weeks ago 15 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging on the ground. Chambal River Lodge, Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 February 2008 44 weeks ago 34 sec 3.6 -
A bird perched in a low tree, with strong wind Pingleshwar, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 8 February 2008 1 year ago 32 sec 3.4 -
A bird walking on the ground. Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 February 2008 44 weeks ago 18 sec 3
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Indian Bushlark Gujarat, India
deomurari 3 November 2007 14 weeks ago 3
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Singing during breeding period, has variety of calls Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2005 11 weeks ago 3
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