Alauda gulgula
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The Oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula) is a species of skylark found in the Sino-Indian region and parts of central Asia. Like other skylarks, it is found in open grassland where it feeds on seeds and insects. The Oriental skylark was described by the English soldier and naturalist James Franklin in 1831 and given the binomial name Alauda gulgula. The meaning of the specific epithet gulgula is uncertain but is perhaps a reference to the song as gula is Latin for "throat", or maybe the colour of a gulgula, a sweet which looks like doughnut, made in many parts of Central India.
Other alternate names for the Oriental skylark include small skylark, eastern skylark, Indian skylark and lesser skylark. A. g... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 15 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 18 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Skylark sighting in Bhubaneshwar on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 112th most-seen of the 148 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Skylark in Bhubaneshwar on a given day, against under 5% in March to January, the lowest months. That is one of Bhubaneshwar's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 340 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oriental Skylark sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
14th of 29
Of the 29 cities where we can rate Oriental Skylark sightings, Bhubaneshwar ranks 14th at under 5%. The best odds are in Vasai-Virar (India, about 20%), Kaohsiung (Taiwan, about 10%) and Lahore (Pakistan, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oriental Skylark is recorded against all the birds logged in Bhubaneshwar (19 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
