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Common Name

Greater Hoopoe Lark

Alternate Names

Bifasciated Lar, Large Desert Lark

Common Type

Lark

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Alaudidae

Genus

Alaemon

Species

aludipes

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Iraq,

Number of Sub-Species

Four Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Arid, desert and semi desert regions

Distribution and Range

Across much of n Africa to Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan Pakistan and India

Food

Forage by running or walking in spurts, probing and digging the ground. They have been recorded to feed on the fruiting bodies of certain fungi

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Field Notes:

During the heat of the day, they may shelter in the burrows of lizards. The water loss through their skin varies with temperature and they are able to live in very arid conditions. Their breeding is dependent on the rains and in very dry years they may not breed

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