Steppe Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis dulcivox (Hume, 1873)

2010-03-28 Sorbulak lake, Alma Ata oblast	© Gennadiy Dyakin

Description

The edges of upperparts feathers are paler, more grey and less buffy; the general color of the upperparts is paler than on arvensis.

Distribution

Breeds on territory from Turgay valley eastward to Irtysh valley and Zaysan depression; Northern and South-Eastern Kazakhstan, in south to Betpak-Dala (Chulak-Espe, Kashkadala area).

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 3. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1970. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. А.Ф.Ковшарь "Певчие птицы". Алма-Ата, "Кайнар", 1983.