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Greater Short-toed Lark
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Copyright: Eyal Bartov (bartove)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-09-24 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Canon 5D MKII, 600 mm f 4 |
| Exposure: f/7.1 |
| Details: Tripod: Yes |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-09-30 3:44 |
| Viewed: 215 |
| Points: 6 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and across temperate Asia from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Calandrella cinerea.
Several subspecies have been named but there is considerable geneflow and the species itself forms part of a larger complex. This is a small pale lark, smaller than the Skylark. It is dark-streaked greyish-brown above, and white below, and has a strong pointed bill that is pinkish with a gray culmen. It has a pale supercilium, dark patches on each side of its neck and a dark tail. Some birds in the west of the range have a rufous crown. The sexes are similar. Subspecies longipennis is paler than dukhunensis which also has a shorter bill.[In winter They fly in large and compact flocks that swing in synchrony.Care must be taken to distinguish this species from other similar Calandrella larks, such as the Lesser Short-toed Lark, Calandrella rufescens.
The nominate form breeds in Europe (Iberia, France, Italy, the Balkans and Romania) and winters in Africa. Subspecies hungarica breeds in the eastern parts of Europe while rubignosa breeds in northwester Africa. Subspecies hermonensis (sometimes including woltersi) breeds in Turkey, Syria Israel and Egypt. Subspecies artemisiana (considered by some to be synonymous with longipennis[5]) breeds in Asia Minor and winters in southern west Asia. Subspecies longipennis breeds in Ukraine, Mongolia and Manchuria and winters in South Asia mainly in the drier zone of northwestern India while dukhunensis breeds on the Tibetan plateau and winters mainly in peninsular India.[4]
The song varies between a dry twittering and a more varied and imitative melody From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Shalom Eyal! Wonderful bird, amazing scene, ideal mirror, perfect contrast and sharp. Well done!
- eev
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Hi Eyal. I like this shot as its very clear and with perfect sharpness. I would have cropped it a bit tighter to bring the subject closer into view.
great composition, dash Ori
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