Alauda gulgula
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 Tamluk on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 95th most-seen of the 136 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and December–April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Skylark in Tamluk on a given day, against under 5% in May and July–November, the lowest months. Those are among Tamluk's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 330 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.
7th of 29
Of the 29 cities where we can rate Oriental Skylark sightings, Tamluk ranks 7th 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 Tamluk (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Jungle Babbler (about 80%), Red-whiskered Bulbul (about 80%) and Common Tailorbird (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 Tamluk (24 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.
