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Turkestan Short-toed Lark

Alaudala heinei (Homeyer, EF 1873)

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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Alaudala
Scientific:
  Alaudala heinei


Original description

Citation:
  (Homeyer, EF 1873)

Reference:
   J. f. Orn. 21. Jahrgang, Vierte Folge, 1. Band, III. Heft, no.123 p.197

Protonym:
  Calandritis Heinei

Type locality:
  Volga region.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32696745


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  238EC109773091F5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-238EC109

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/238EC109


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 922974

Geographic range:

  • Alaudala heinei [heinei or pseudobaetica]: breeds from Ukraine and eastern Türkiye eastward to eastern Kazakhstan and (disjunctly?) to southern Mongolia; wintering in the Middle East and southwestern Asia
  • Alaudala heinei persica: southern Iraq and Iran to southeastern Afghanistan
  • Alaudala heinei [aharonii or niethammeri]: breeds central Türkiye (Anatolian high plateau); partially migratory, wintering to central Syria
English:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Czech:
skřivánek turkestánský
Danish:
Turkestan Korttået Lærke
German:
Heinestummellerche
Spanish:
Terrera Pálida
Spanish (Spain):
Terrera pálida
French:
Alouette de Heine
Dutch:
Heines Kortteenleeuwerik
Norwegian:
turkestandverglerke
Polish:
skowrończyk kaspijski
Portuguese:
calhandrinha-do-turquestão
Portuguese (Portugal):
calhandrinha-do-turquestão
Slovak:
škovránok Heineho
Swedish:
turkestandvärglärka
Ukrainian:
жайворонок євразійський
Chinese:
中亚短趾百灵


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 6]
Clements, version 2024:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 6]
eBird version 2021:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Turkestan Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala heinei) [version 6]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Alaudala [rufescens or heini] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Arabic: قُبَّرَةٌ صُبَيْعَاءُ تُرْكِستَانِيةٌ
Azerbaijani: Kiçik boz torağay
Czech: skřivánek turkestánský
Danish: Turkestan Korttået Lærke
German: Heinestummellerche
English: Turkestan Short-toed Lark
English (India): Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Lesser Short-toed Lark)
English (IOC): Turkestan Short-toed Lark
English (United States): Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Spanish: Terrera Pálida
Spanish (Spain): Terrera pálida
Estonian: turgi väikelõoke
Basque: Txoriandre pispoleta turkestandarra
Persian: چکاوک پنجه‌کوتاه تورانی (کوچک)
French: Alouette de Heine
Hebrew: עפרונן טורקסטני
Scientific: Alaudala heinei
Dutch: Heines Kortteenleeuwerik
Norwegian: turkestandverglerke
Polish: skowrończyk kaspijski
Portuguese: calhandrinha-do-turquestão
Portuguese (Portugal): calhandrinha-do-turquestão
Slovak: škovránok Heineho
Swedish: turkestandvärglärka
Turkish: Asya Çorak Toygarı
Ukrainian: жайворонок євразійський
Chinese: 中亚短趾百灵, 土耳其短趾百灵

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