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This is a large, robust lark, 16–18 cm in length. It is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly streaked grey above and white below, and with two small black patches on the breast sides, which give this species its name. It has a white supercilium. In flight it shows short broad wings, which are grey-brown below, and a short tail with a white tip, but not white edges. The wing and tail patterns are distinctions from its more westerly relative. The song is like a harder version of that of calandra lark.
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When to see the Bimaculated Lark
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bimaculated Lark
The map shades 23 countries with regular records, and 8 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Norway, Finland, Germany, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Denmark, Lebanon, Yemen.
About the Bimaculated Lark
The bimaculated lark breeds in warm temperate countries eastwards from Turkey into Central Asia. It is the eastern counterpart of its relative, the calandra lark.
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Easily confused with
Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolicaIts head is pale brown, with a red crown.
Tibetan LarkMelanocorypha maximaThe Tibetan lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found on the Tibetan Plateau from north-western India to central China.
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisThis is a large, robust lark, 18–20.5 cm (7.1–8.1 in) in length.
Side by side: Bimaculated Lark vs Calandra Lark
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