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GrasslandCup nestTiny · 14 g
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The adult males has a bold pied head pattern with a mainly blackhead with contrasting white forehead and white cheek patches. The upperparts are pale greyish brown with black underparts and underwings which contrast with a white patch at the sides of the breast. The tail is blackish with buff edges and grey central feathers, The bill is horn coloured. The females are very different being pale sandy brown on the upperparts with faint streaking on the crown and whitish patches around the eye and on the sides of the neck.
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When to see the Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
The map shades 26 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
The black-crowned sparrow-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found across northern Africa from Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Easily confused with
Fischer's Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucopareiaFischer's sparrow-lark or Fischer's finch-lark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae.
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotisThis is a small lark at 11 cm.
Madagascar LarkEremopterix hovaThe Madagascar lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae endemic to Madagascar.
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