Melanocorypha-calandra
Upupa epops

 

 

holm oak woodlandpseudo-steppediurnalnear threatened

Calandra Lark

 

ORDER: Passeriformes
FAMILY: Alaudidae
SIZE: ++

BREEDING SEASON:
J F M A M J J A S O N D

OCCURRENCE: breeding resident.
CHARACTERISTICS: back and head in shades of brown, white belly and characteristic black mark on throat; relatively long neck; strong beak.
FOOD: insects and seeds.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: terrestrial; in winter forms large flocks with other species of lark; flaps its wings slowly.

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