Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Alaudala heinei
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Turkestan short-toed lark 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. This species and the Mediterranean short-toed lark were formerly considered conspecific and called the lesser short-toed lark, but a 2020 study recovered them as distinct species.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Alaudidae
- Genus
- Alaudala