Species:

Mediterranean Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens)

Balearic Warbler (Curruca balearica)

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Length (cm):
13-14
12-12
Wingspan (cm):
24-32
13-17
Weight (gram):
21-30
8-12
Size group:
Sparrow-size
Warbler-size
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Appearance:

Small lark with short, blunt bill and markedly streaked breast. The long primary projection is not covered by the tertials, as in (Greater) Short-toed Lark. Upperparts browner, and the dark shoulder patch og GSL is missing. Supercilium reaches all the way to bill-base. Wing-markings diffuse. Flight and behaviour similar to GSL. Sometimes performs song flight in characteristic "slow motion".

Sound:

Contact call most diagnostic. A drawn, rattling "prrrrrrrt". Longer than in GSL, and less defined. Last syllable (t) accented and with a lower pitch. Song more continuous than in GSL, with a jerky rhythm and lots of mimicry. Listen for the interweaved contact calls.

Contact call, song:

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Distribution:

Xeno-canto: map

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

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Sound:


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Distribution:

Xeno-canto: map

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

CC

CC-sound:Jerome Fischer, Licence,Link.

CC-photo:Marc Gottenbos, Licence,Link.

Silhouette Group:
Wagtail/pipit-like
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Warbler-like
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Several different sounds of the species
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