Altai Skylark

Alauda arvensis alticola (Sushkin, 1925)

2014-05-22 VKO Katon-Karagay	© Vladimir Vorobyov

Description

The edges of upperparts feathers are broader, lighter and with sandy tinge; the dark streaks are narrower; general upperparts color is paler than on dulcivox.

Distribution

Breeds on South-West Altai westward to Irtysh valley, in south to Zaysan depression. Distribution on migration have not been investigated.

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.