Turkestan short-toed lark
The Turkestan short-toed lark (Alaudala heinei) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in Ukraine and central Turkey through parts of Central Asia and southern Siberia west to south-central Mongolia and south to southern Afghanistan.[1] This species and the Mediterranean short-toed lark (A. rufescens) were formerly considered conspecific and called the lesser short-toed lark, but a 2020 study recovered them as distinct species.[2][3]
| Turkestan short-toed lark | |
|---|---|
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| In Muradiye, Van, Turkey | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Alaudala |
| Species: | A. heinei |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaudala heinei (Homeyer, 1873) | |
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized:[1]
- Alaudala heinei pseudobaetica - (Stegmann, 1932): Found in eastern Turkey, Transcaucasia and northern Iran
- Alaudala heinei heinei - (Homeyer, 1873): Found from Ukraine to eastern Kazakhstan
- Alaudala heinei aharonii - (Hartert, 1910): Found in central Turkey
- Alaudala heinei persica - Sharpe, 1890: Found in eastern and southern Iraq to southern and south-western Afghanistan
References
- "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- "Alaudala [rufescens or heini, excl. niethammeri] (Mediterranean or Turkestan Short-toed Lark [excl. niethammeri]) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- Alström, Per; Van Linschooten, Jip; Donald, Paul F.; Sundev, Gombobaatar; Mohammadi, Zeinolabedin; Ghorbani, Fatemeh; Shafaeipour, Arya; Van Den Berg, Arnoud; Robb, Magnus; Aliabadian, Mansour; Wei, Chentao; Lei, Fumin; Oxelman, Bengt; Olsson, Urban (2021-01-01). "Multiple species delimitation approaches applied to the avian lark genus Alaudala". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 154: 106994. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106994. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 33250446.
- International Ornithological Congress (January 23, 2021). "IOC World Bird List". Retrieved January 23, 2021.
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