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tail, similar to the bar-tailed lark, but the underparts are a pale pinkish grey and have much more streaking than that species, and the desert lark lacks the clearly defined terminal black band on the tail of that species, although it may have a rather diffuse dark patch. The colour variation seems to mainly match the habitat, so sandy-coloured birds are commoner in sandy areas, greyer birds in rocky areas and the darkest birds in desert dominated by basalt.
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pebbles, which may surround the nest or be on the more exposed side of the nest. The clutch is 1-5 eggs and these are laid at different times in various parts of its range, e.g. January–February in the south and March–April in the north. The desert lark eats seeds and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season.
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The desert lark is a medium-sized, big-headed and long-billed lark, growing to a length of 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in). The sexes are alike, but there is considerable geographical variation. It has a rather dull plumage which can vary from quite pale to rather dark. Plumage may vary between
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but is slightly larger, has a less-domed head, a larger broader beak, stouter legs and a longer tail. The upper parts of the many subspecies vary in colour; most are pale greyish brown, but some races are very washed out and others are quite a deep colour. Some have some rufous colour on wings and
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The desert lark is not very sociable and does not form large flocks, being mainly encountered in small groups or as single birds. They are territorial when breeding, nesting on the ground under the shelter of a tussock or stone in a shallow scrape lined with plant material and having a rim of
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329:: Found in southern Morocco and south-western Algeria
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561:: Found in east-central Arabia
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316:Southern Moroccan desert lark
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702:The song is a mournful
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613:Meinertzhagen, R, 1923
400:A. d. kollmannspergeri
1345:Birds of North Africa
733:Behaviour and ecology
704:choo-wee-chacha wooee
588:Jordanian desert lark
1177:Fauna Europaea (new)
725:It is resident (non-
664:A. d. phoenicuroides
431:Khartoum desert lark
333:Algerian desert lark
1375:Fauna of the Sahara
897:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4
864:avibase.bsc-eoc.org
791:in Wadi Rum, Jordan
514:Danakil desert lark
502:Meyer de Schauensee
480:Eritrea desert lark
413:Red Sea desert lark
386:Damergu desert lark
372:Saharan desert lark
55:Conservation status
660:Indian desert lark
619:A. d. parvirostris
584:: Found in Bahrain
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435:A. d. erythrochroa
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1312:Ammomanes-deserti
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789:A. d. annae
774:A. d. payni
685:Description
592:A. d. annae
548:A. d. azizi
390:A. d. geyri
320:A. d. payni
307:Twenty-two
257:desert lark
210:Subspecies
1329:Categories
1307:Xeno-canto
986:2016-11-16
869:2016-11-18
797:References
776:in Marocco
692:subspecies
540:Elliot, DG
405:Niethammer
309:subspecies
303:Subspecies
48:in Israel
1340:Ammomanes
980:HBW Alive
727:migratory
553:Ticehurst
523:Salvadori
440:Reichenow
376:A. d. mya
297:sand lark
289:Ammomanes
216:See text
170:Species:
163:Ammomanes
152:Alaudidae
108:Kingdom:
102:Eukaryota
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1221:10908764
1081:22717254
1076:BirdLife
1020:Wikidata
755:Eggs of
557:Cheesman
462:Temminck
237:Synonyms
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122:Chordata
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284:Alauda
231:range
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670:Blyth
1268:NCBI
1242:IUCN
1229:ITIS
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