{"id":8582,"date":"2018-01-17T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T11:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=8582"},"modified":"2020-01-31T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T15:14:06","slug":"white-winged-lark-alauda-leucoptera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=8582","title":{"rendered":"White-winged Lark
Alauda leucoptera<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– small passerine, bigger than\u00a0House Sparrow<\/a>
\n– rare winter visitor to the Northern Black Sea coast, very rare vagrant to the rest of Europe
\n– diurnal\/nocturnal migrant
\n\u2013 migrates singly or (more regularly) in small to large, rather dense flocks, often mixed with other larks
\n– very vocal<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2088, 22\/02\/2010, Gobustan, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– strongly built body
\n– black and white underwing
\n– lesser underwing coverts light brown (white in Mongolian Lark<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2089, 22\/02\/2010, Gobustan, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– clean white underside with streaked, light brown breast band
\n– contrasting dark tail with white outer rectrices<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2090, 22\/02\/2010, Gobustan, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– secondaries bicoloured black and white (appear completely white in Mongolian Lark<\/a>)
\n– fairly strong bill<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em> probably M, F<\/strong>
\nBIF2091, 10\/11\/2017, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– all upperwing coverts rufous (primary coverts black in Mongolian Lark<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2092, 09\/11\/2017, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nCalandra Lark Melanocorypha c. calandra<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2093, 22\/02\/2010, Gobustan, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– often mixed with Calandra Lark
\n– slightly smaller and with more slender wings
\n– much broader white trailing edge to the wing<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nCalandra Lark Melanocorypha c. calandra<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2117, 13\/11\/2017, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– surprisingly difficult to pick out in flocks of other large larks<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nLesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens<\/em> ssp.<\/strong>
\nBIF2094, 10\/11\/2017, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– larger than Lesser Short-toed Lark
\n– against bright sky the wings appear oddly narrow and the rear end elongated
\n– obvious contrast between underwing coverts and remiges<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nLesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens<\/em> ssp.<\/strong>
\nBIF2095, 10\/11\/2017, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2096, 14\/11\/2017, Shirvan NP, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– dense flock at great distance<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– very vocal
\n– at least to two stereotyped calls during migration
\n1
\n– a monophonic<\/em>, slightly modulated<\/em> call with inharmonic partials<\/em>
\n– the 1st partial<\/em>‘s centre at around 2kHz
\n– sounds soft, nasal ‘whet’ or ‘whet whet’ and resembles Black-winged Stilt<\/a>
\n2
\n– a polyphonic phrase<\/em>, usually given as couplet
\n– sounds dry, rasping or rolling – a typical lark like, broadband<\/em> ‘drrit’ or ‘prrit’
\n– highly plastic<\/em>
\n– may sing on their way back to the breeding grounds<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BIF2120-1_MHE_1-11_20171111_wwlark-1-FC_aze_besh-barmag.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\nWhite-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera<\/em>, calls during migration<\/strong>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>,\u00a0social call<\/strong>
\nEuropean Greenfinch Chloris c. chloris<\/em>, calls in flight<\/strong>
\nBIF2120, 11\/11\/2017, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eurasian Skylark<\/a> (a)
\nBimaculated Lark (a)
\nCalandra Lark (a)
\nMongolian Lark<\/a> (v) (a)
\nSnow Bunting<\/a> (v)<\/p>\n

#songbird #passerine #lark<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – small passerine, bigger than\u00a0House Sparrow – rare winter visitor to the Northern Black Sea coast, very rare vagrant to the rest of Europe – diurnal\/nocturnal migrant \u2013 migrates singly or (more regularly) in small to large, rather dense flocks, often mixed with other larks – very vocal >> VISUAL ID >>>>> … Continue reading White-winged Lark
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