Indian Bush Lark

The Indian bush lark is a pale lark with a distinct cheek patch bordered by a white supercilium, a heavily streaked crown and upperparts, spotted pale underparts and diagnostic rufous wing bars. The primary coverts look all brown, and it differs from similar larks in its shorter bill and legs and longer tail. It is monotypic (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is most often found in arid areas of Pakistan and north-western, central and south-central India. It was moved in 2023 from Mirafra to the newly erected genus Plocealauda, along with four other species, on the evidence of a large molecular genetic study. In the breeding season males give song flights, fluttering high and then parachuting down with wings held in a V while singing short tweets and cheeps (Wikipedia, general species account).