PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON...OBSERVE THE BIRDS AND RECOGNIZE...GREATER HOOPOE LARK

GREATER HOOPOE LARK… (Alaemon alaudipes), is a passerine bird which is a breeding resident of arid, desert and semi-desert regions from the Cape Verde Islands across much of north Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. It was formerly known as the Bifasciated Lark.
This lark is large, long-legged and slender-bodied with a distinctive down-curved bill.
Birds are seen singly or in pairs as they forage by running or walking in spurts, probing and digging the ground. They have been recorded to feed on the fruiting bodies of certain fungi. The breeding season in mainly after the first rains, in India most records are from March to July. Late records in August when the rains were delayed have been noted in India.
The wide distribution consists of several populations that have been designated as subspecies. These include boavistae of the Cape Verde Islands, the nominate alaudipes of the north African Sahara region and northern Arabia. Subspecies desertorum has been assigned to the populations along the Red Sea coast while the eastern population of Iraq, Pakistan and northwestern India are assigned to doriae. Forms like pallida and variety cinerea are included in doriae.

eement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Great Knot are not listed as threatened on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Great Knot are listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not been prepared.
On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, this species is listed as endangered.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]