Hume's short-toed lark

Hume's short-toed lark
From Laxman chowk, close to Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Calandrella
Species:	C. acutirostris
Binomial name
Calandrella acutirostris Hume, 1873

The Hume's short-toed lark or Hume's lark (Calandrella acutirostris) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

The name commemorates the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume who described the species.^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Calandrella acutirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 173–174.

Hume's Short-toed Lark(Calandrella acutirostris).Amravati, Maharashtra, India. Photographed by Mr.Ninad Abhang. Dec.2015

Hume's Short-toed Lark(Calandrella acutirostris). Akola, Maharashtra, India. Photographed by Mr.Ravi Dhongle, Feb.2016

External links

• BirdLife species factsheet for Calandrella acutirostris
• Calandrella acutirostris on Avibase
• Hume's lark videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
• Hume's lark photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• Interactive range map of Calandrella acutirostris at IUCN Red List maps
• Audio recordings of Hume's short-toed lark on Xeno-canto.