Jerdon’s Bushlark – Only seen at Yala

Jerdon’s Bushlark – Only seen at Yala

only seen at Yala

3·5–15 cm. Heavy-bodied lark with large bill, short tail and wings, and rather long legs. Has relatively narrow super­cilium, usually buffish in front of... read more

Diagnostic song a drawn-out, dry, metallic rattle, “...Variety of open habitats, such as fallow fields with bushes and trees along margins, and scrub-... 

Diet poorly known; seeds and invertebrates taken.

Little studied. Season Dec–May, chiefly from Mar, in India; Mar–Aug/Sept, mainly May, in Sri Lanka. In short, low song flight,... 

Sedentary.

Not globally threatened. Locally common throughout range. In Sri Lanka, more numerous in dry 

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