Rufous-capped Lark

When to see the Rufous-capped Lark

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-capped Lark

The map shades 3 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.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Oman.

About the Rufous-capped Lark

The rufous-capped lark is a small passerine bird of the lark family found in southwestern Arabia and the Horn of Africa.

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Easily confused with

Mongolian Short-toed LarkCalandrella dukhunensisThe Mongolian short-toed lark is darker and has a shorter bill than the greater short-toed lark. Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordiBlanford's lark is 14–15 centimetres long. Hume's Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostrisHume'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.