Rufous-tailed lark facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rufous-tailed lark
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Ammomanes
Binomial name
Ammomanes phoenicura (Franklin, 1831)

The rufous-tailed lark (Ammomanes phoenicura) is a passerine bird. It is native to India and northeast Pakistan.

Description

Adults have streaks on the throat and breast

Like other Ammomanes larks, the species has a wide curved beak with the nostrils covered by feathers. The hindclaw is as long as the hindtoe and moderately curved. The base of the lower mandible is fleshy while the rest is horn-grey. The legs are also flesh coloured. In the field, the rufous colour, the reddish rump and a dark tail band (narrowing towards the sides to give a triangular shape) are distinctive. The throat is lightly streaked in dark brown. Young birds have less streaking on the underside.

Distribution

Feeding on seeds

Eggs

The species is found mainly in low altitude dry regions in open habitats without significant tree cover. It is resident mainly within India south of the Ganges extending west to Kutch and the Aravallis of Rajasthan. They are summer visitors to parts of Pakistan in northern Punjab and in southern Nepal. The species does not occur in Sri Lanka and reports of their occurrence on the island of Rameshwaram have not been confirmed while the species is largely absent along the Western Ghats region particularly in Kerala.

See also

In Spanish: Ammomanes phoenicura para niños