Photo and observation by Dr. Ravi Rajasingh
Male of a pair feeding in the dry scrub-grassland outside The Pugmark Resort, Village Khilchipur, Ranthambhore, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, India.
The Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix griseus) also known as the Ashy-crowned Finch-lark or Black-bellied Finch-lark is a small sparrow sized member of the lark family. It is found in the plains in open land with bare ground, grass and scrub across South Asia from the Indus valley of Pakistan in the west to Bangladesh and extending through peninsular India and extending into Sri Lanka. The males are well marked with a contrasting black-and-white face pattern, while females...
