Field signs. Melky lark light "zhavoronkovoy" color. Very similar to a small Early Riser, a little bigger, with the same short conical beak. Extreme steering white. Different from the small Early Riser weak expressions, as more complete absence of the two dark spots on the sides of the chest, at zobe clear longitudinal lines. Contact signs: as a small Early Riser, a very short rudimentary first priority mahovoe, claw back a finger short, not very long fingers. Unlike the small Early Riser, tertiary mahovye slightly elongated, do not reach the top of the wing more than the length of bobbin. Sexual dimorphism and significant seasonal variations in color does not. Young in the cluster Attire well differ from adults in the presence of plumes above the rim of the double predvershinnoy dark and bright edge strips. After years of molts become indistinguishable from adults. Weight 20-30 g, 15-18 cm in length, wing 8,7-10,5 cm, the magnitude of 28-34 see main pozyvka and alarm - babble "Cherry" or "churr." Song is like a song Small Early Riser, louder and more roughly, sounds poorer dominated trills like "Cherry-re-re-ri, Cherry, cherrre Ryu Ryu-re-re ...". In this type Lyrics male flies low (10-20 meters), overflying territory. A different type of current flight - high in the sky, like a field Early Riser. Flies circles or "stands" against the wind. In such a flight song consists of longer pieces, slightly richer repertoire. Period music (and arriving) starts earlier than the small Early Riser, and almost ends in time pozeleneniya steppe (Ryabitsev, 2001). Distribution. From Western Europe and North Africa eastward to East China, the band mostly arid and semi-arid areas. Registration of isolated cases of nesting in the southern Orenburg region and the east, in northern Kazakhstan (Ryabitsev, 2001). References. |
