Wildlifeof India
Bimaculated Lark
Larks, Pipits & Wagtails
Photo: (c) Pål A. Olsvik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY (May be cropped or resized)
Melanocorypha bimaculata
Basic stats
Diet
Seeds and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season
Habitat
Nests on the ground
Range
Breeds in warm temperate countries eastwards from Turkey into Central Asia; winters in north-east Africa and widely across the Middle East to Pakistan, India and Tibet
Clutch size
3–4 eggs
Size
16–18cm
The bimaculated lark is a large, robust lark 16–18 cm long, the eastern counterpart of the calandra lark. It is undistinguished on the ground, mainly streaked grey above and white below, with two small black patches on the breast sides that give it its name, and a white eyebrow. In flight it shows short broad wings, grey-brown below, and a short tail with a white tip but not white edges (Wikipedia, general species account).
It breeds eastwards from Turkey into Central Asia and is mainly migratory, wintering in north-east Africa and ranging widely through the greater Middle East to Pakistan, India and Tibet. The song is a harder version of the calandra lark's. The nest is on the ground with three to four eggs, and food is seeds and insects. SoIB 2023 lists it as a winter migrant of open habitat and an omnivore, without a priority category (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the Bimaculated Lark eat?
- Seeds and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season
- What habitat does the Bimaculated Lark live in?
- Nests on the ground
- Where is the Bimaculated Lark found?
- Breeds in warm temperate countries eastwards from Turkey into Central Asia; winters in north-east Africa and widely across the Middle East to Pakistan, India and Tibet
- How many eggs does the Bimaculated Lark lay?
- 3–4 eggs
- How big is the Bimaculated Lark?
- 16–18cm