Order PASSERIFORMES | Family ALAUDIDAE |


Alauda arvensis dementievi Korelov, 1953

Sky Lark

See also:
Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758
Alauda arvensis arvensis Linnaeus, 1758
Alauda arvensis dulcivox Hume, 1873
Alauda arvensis alticola Sushkin, 1925

No Synonyms

Description. The dark streaks on the crown and upperparts feathers are dark-brown but not brown and paler than on dulcivox. Feathers' edges are pale-buffy, not grey or whitish. The steaks on the craw and breast are narrow, pale-brown. In fresh autumn plumage the streaks are pale-brownish with buffy-brown edging, whereas on dulcivox the streaks are bright almost black, and the edges of feathers are pale-grey.

Distribution. Breeds in Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Tien Shan and its foothills, and in places on adjacent plains.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005
Ý.È.Ãàâðèëîâ. "Ôàóíà è ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèå ïòèö Êàçàõñòàíà". Àëìàòû, 1999.