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Steppe Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris brandti (Dresser, 1874)

Степной рогатый жаворонок | Құлақты бозторғай

2008-05-02
Kendirli-Kayasan plateau, Mangyshlak peninsula
© Andrey Kovalenko

Description

Upperparts are generally lighter, more pink-grey less brown; the upperparts streaks are lighter and narrower than on flava. The forehead and throat are white. The black mask and breast-collar not merged and separated by the white strip.

Distribution

Breeds in most of plains areas, in north up to Kamysh-Samar lakes, Ilek river basin, Betpak-Dala, Kazakh upland, Semeytau and Zaysan depression.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 3. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1970.
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.

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relative taxons

Eremophila alpestris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Eremophila alpestris flava
(Gmelin, 1789)
Eremophila alpestris albigula
(Bonaparte, 1850)

synonyms

Eremophila alpestris parvexi
(Taczanowski, 1876)
Eremophila alpestris hachlovi
(Meise, 1932)
Eremophila alpestris altaica
(Meise, 1932)

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