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Hume's Short-toed Lark

Calandrella acutirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesGrasslandCup nestSmall · 20 g
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 1
Photo: Кирилл · CC BY 4.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 2
Photo: Johannes S. · CC BY 4.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 3
Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 4
Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 5
Photo: TonyT · CC BY 4.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 6
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 7
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 8
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 9
Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris), photo 10
Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Hume's short-toed lark is similar in size and appearance to the greater short-toed lark but is generally a duller-looking bird with slightly darker plumage and a slightly smaller beak. As with the greater short-toed lark, the colour varies across the broad range and is not a good distinguishing feature. Hume's short-toed lark grows to a length of from 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) and the sexes are similar. The crown is brown with slight diffuse streaking, the cheeks are rufous-brown and the supercilium white.

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When to see the Hume's Short-toed Lark

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hume's Short-toed Lark

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 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.

India China Bangladesh Nepal Uzbekistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Bhutan

Recorded as a rare visitor in Pakistan.

About the Hume's Short-toed Lark

Hume's short-toed lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-central Asia from Iran and Kazakhstan to China.

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Easily confused with

Blanford's Lark (Calandrella blanfordi) Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordiBlanford's lark is 14–15 centimetres long. Rufous-capped Lark (Calandrella eremica) Rufous-capped LarkCalandrella eremicaThe rufous-capped lark is a small passerine bird of the lark family found in southwestern Arabia and the Horn of Africa. Mongolian Short-toed Lark (Calandrella dukhunensis) Mongolian Short-toed LarkCalandrella dukhunensisThe Mongolian short-toed lark is darker and has a shorter bill than the greater short-toed lark.

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