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What the Thekla's Lark sounds like
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This is a smallish lark, slightly smaller than the Eurasian skylark. It has a long, spiky, erectile crest. Its colouring is similar to the widespread crested lark (G. cristata), being predominantly brownish-grey or brown, although its back and rump are greyer than that species. Its breast is streaked with black. It is smaller and somewhat greyer than the crested lark, and has a shorter bill. In flight, it shows grey underwings, whereas the crested lark has reddish underwings. It is also greyer than the Eurasian skylark, and lacks the white wing and tail edge of that species.
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When to see the Thekla's Lark
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Thekla's Lark
The map shades 12 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Thekla's Lark
Thekla's lark, also known as the Thekla lark, is a species of lark that breeds on the Iberian Peninsula and in North and East Africa south to Kenya. It is a sedentary (non-migratory) species. This is a common bird of dry open country, often at some altitude. Thekla's lark was named by Alfred Edmund Brehm in 1857 for his recently deceased sister Thekla Brehm (1833–1857). The name is a modern Greek one, Θέκλα, which comes from ancient Greek Θεόκλεια (Theokleia) derived from θεός and κλέος.
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Easily confused with
Large-billed LarkGalerida magnirostrisThe large-billed lark is 18 cm in length.
Malabar LarkGalerida malabaricaThis is a smallish lark, slightly smaller than the Eurasian skylark.
Sykes's LarkGalerida devaSykes's lark is a species of lark found in the dry open country of India.
Side by side: Crested Lark vs Thekla's Lark · Thekla's Lark vs Woodlark · Large-billed Lark vs Thekla's Lark · Malabar Lark vs Thekla's Lark
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