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 Tainan on a given day, based on 43 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 116 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Skylark in Tainan on a given day, against under 5% in May to February, the lowest months. Those are among Tainan's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 440 mm in August.
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.
12th of 29
Of the 29 cities where we can rate Oriental Skylark sightings, Tainan ranks 12th at under 5%. 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 Tainan (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Light-vented Bulbul (about 90%), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (about 90%) and Javan Myna (about 80%), 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 Tainan (43 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.
