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Oriental skylarks are about 16 cm (6.3 in) long. They have streaked, yellow-brown upper
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500:: Found from central and eastern Thailand to southern Vietnam
390:: Found in the eastern Himalayas and south-western China
486:: Originally described as a separate species. Found on
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Other alternate names for the
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523:: Found on Luzon (northern Philippines)
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278:by the English soldier and naturalist
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437:: Found in west-central India
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696:"Alauda gulgula - Avibase"
552:. Both sexes are similar.
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428:A. g. dharmakumarsinhjii
394:Western Oriental skylark
270:Taxonomy and systematics
1153:Birds described in 1831
1143:Birds of Southeast Asia
402:Turkestan small skylark
377:and north-western China
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978:Fauna Europaea (new)
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788:IOC World Bird List
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45:Conservation status
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262:where it feeds on
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587:References
480:A. g. sala
472:R. Swinhoe
446:Brooks, WE
325:subspecies
319:Subspecies
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205:See text
160:Species:
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92:Eukaryota
38:In India
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795:14 April
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680:5 August
649:(1831).
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252:skylark
232:, India
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