Hume's short-toed lark
| Hume's short-toed lark | |
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| From Laxman chowk, close to Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calandrella |
| Species: | C. acutirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Calandrella acutirostris Hume, 1873 | |
The Hume's short-toed lark or Hume's lark (Calandrella acutirostris) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
The name commemorates the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume who described the species.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Calandrella acutirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 173–174.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calandrella acutirostris. |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Calandrella acutirostris |
- BirdLife species factsheet for Calandrella acutirostris
- Calandrella acutirostris on Avibase
- Hume's lark videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
- Hume's lark photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Calandrella acutirostris at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Hume's short-toed lark on Xeno-canto.
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