Alauda gulgula
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Skylark sighting in Ranchi on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th most-seen of the 76 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Skylark in Ranchi on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–September and December, the lowest months.
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.
4th of 29
Of the 29 cities where we can rate Oriental Skylark sightings, Ranchi ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Vasai-Virar (India, about 20%), Kaohsiung (Taiwan, about 10%) and Lahore (Pakistan, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Oriental Skylark that you can see in Ranchi (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Black Drongo (about 90%), House Crow (about 80%) and Indian Pied Starling (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oriental Skylark is recorded against all the birds logged in Ranchi (8 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.
