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Lesser Short-toed Lark

Lesser Short-toed Lark - Nest with young

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Jable de Taca - Cotillo (La Oliva), Fuerteventura

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» April, 1994

Equipment

» Praktica MTL5 with 50 mm lens

Bird Species

»Alaudala rufescens - Mediterranean Short-toed Lark

Bird Species (French)

»Alouette pispolette

Bird Family

»Alaudidae - Larks

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» A common bird in the eastern islands of the Canaries (Fuerteventura and Lanzarote), present also on Gran Canaria and virtually extinct on Tenerife. There is also a small population on La Graciosa islet.

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