Avibase: Plocealauda assamica (Bengal Bush Lark)

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Bengal Bush Lark

Plocealauda assamica Horsfield, T 1840

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Bengal Bushlark - Plocealauda assamica	Anand Singh	2025-02-12	, Hardwar (India)	-	630590706 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bush Lark - Mirafra assamica	Peter Boesman	2025-07-24	Haripura reservoir, Uttarakhand, Udham Singh Nagar (India) (? m)	song and call - [sono]	1030655 xeno-canto.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Chayan Debnath	2022-10-23	, West Tripura (former) (India)	-	496883731 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bush Lark - Mirafra assamica	Ding Li Yong	2024-05-31	Padma Char, Munshiganj (Bangladesh) (0 m)	flight call - [sono]	909007 xeno-canto.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Chayan Debnath	2022-10-23	, West Tripura (former) (India)	-	496904691 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bush Lark - Mirafra assamica	Sayam U. Chowdhury	2018-12-22	Nalchity Upazila, Jhalokati District, Barisal Division, Barisal (Bangladesh) (10 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	447188 xeno-canto.org
Bengal Bushlark - Plocealauda assamica	Anand Singh	2025-02-02	, Hardwar (India)	-	630104970 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Alok Tewari	2015-06-18	, Jhajjar (India)	-	204023861 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Abdus Shakur Mohammad	2020-07-03	Wildlife Institute of India Campus, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, Dehradun (India)	- flight call above foraging grounds	247353271 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Samim Akhter	2022-01-22	Halisahar Railway Yard, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, North 24 Parganas (former) (India)	-	408370811 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Plocealauda assamica	Sandip Das	2025-01-05	, Hooghly (India)	-	630994996 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Sourav Mandal	2023-06-10	, Hooghly (India)	-	583119341 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Ajoy Kumar Dawn	2023-10-20	, Paschim Bardhaman (India)	-	610167780 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Plocealauda assamica	Parthasarathi Chakrabarti	2026-04-25	, Gomati (India)	-	655785280 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Alok Tewari	2015-06-18	, Jhajjar (India)	-	204023871 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bush Lark - Mirafra assamica	Saikat Adhurya	2014-04-29	Durgapur, Bardhaman, West Bengal, Barddhaman (former) (India) (80 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	187009 xeno-canto.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Chayan Debnath	2022-09-25	, South Tripura (former) (India)	-	487277181 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bush Lark - Mirafra assamica	Peter Boesman	2025-07-25	Haripura reservoir, Uttarakhand, Udham Singh Nagar (India) (? m)	song - Song from the ground	1030658 xeno-canto.org
Bengal Bush Lark - Mirafra assamica	Saikat Adhurya	2014-04-29	Durgapur, Bardhaman, West Bengal, Barddhaman (former) (India) (80 m)	call - Eqipment Canon Powershot S3 IS bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	187010 xeno-canto.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Samim Akhter	2022-03-24	Jela Sadar, West Bengal, IN (22.357, 88.386), South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, South 24 Parganas (former) (India)	-	428229191 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Alok Tewari	2015-06-18	, Gurgaon (former) (India)	-	204023851 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Ajoy Kumar Dawn	2023-07-09	, Paschim Bardhaman (India)	-	592402721 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Plocealauda assamica	Sandip Das	2025-03-23	, Hooghly (India)	-	632550722 macaulaylibrary.org
Bengal Bushlark - Mirafra assamica	Sreekumar Chirukandoth	2018-04-19	, Bareilly (India)	-	97082611 macaulaylibrary.org

Note: a maximum of 20 records are shown. For more recordings of this species, as well as maps, sonograms, and advanced searches, please visit xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

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