Burmalark
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The Burmalark ( Mirafra microptera ) is a species from the lark family. Their distribution area is in Southeast Asia. It was originally classified as a subspecies of the Bengal Lark. Due to differences in singing, it is now classified as an independent species.
features
The Burmalark reaches a body length of about 15 centimeters, of which 3.9 to 5.1 centimeters are on the tail. The beak length is measured from the skull 1.4 to 1.63 centimeters. There is no noticeable sexual dimorphism , but the males are slightly larger than the females.
The Burmalark is lighter and a little less reddish than the closely related Bengal Lark. The vertex and the neck are brownish yellow-brown to reddish gray-brown and noticeably blackish-brown dashed. The yellow-brownish over-eye stripe is wider than that of the Bengal Lark. The upper plumage is gray-brown.
The chin and throat are whitish, the chest is very light yellow-brown, the belly, on the other hand, is clearly lighter to almost whitish. The chest has large, round blackish-brown spots. The arm and hand wings have reddish hems. The tail feathers are dark yellow-brown, the outermost control feather has a light yellow-brown to whitish outer vane. The upper bill is dark brown, the lower bill yellowish horn-colored. The feet are reddish to yellowish brown. The iris is brown.
Distribution area and habitat
The Burmalark occurs in the central area of Burma. Their habitat is open stony grassland covered with bushes, but also agricultural land. She is a resident.
Way of life
The Burmalark eats seeds and arthropods .
Like all larks, the Burmalark is a ground breeder that builds a bowl-shaped nest in a hollow. The nest is only occasionally arched. The clutch usually consists of three to four eggs. The eggs are yellowish to light grayish and have brownish and grayish spots.
literature
- Rudolf Pätzold: The larks of the world . Westarp Sciences, Magdeburg 1994, ISBN 3-89432-422-8 .
- Rudolf Pätzold: Compendium of Larks. All the larks on earth. Jan-Schimkat-Medienpublikation, Dresden 2003, ISBN 3-00-011219-7 .
Web links
Single receipts
- ^ Per Alström: Taxonomy of the Mirafra assamica complex . In: Forktail . 13, 1998, pp. 97-107. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ↑ a b Pätzold: Compendium of Larks . P. 105.