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| Photographed at the Werribee Treatment Plant, Victoria December 2015 |
735 COMMON SKYLARK Alauda arvensis
Australia (578)
Also known as the English Skylark. 17-19 cm. Found in cultivated grassland/crops; wastelands, coastal dunes. Range: se Aust.: introduced from Britain in 1850s; ranges from Yorke Pen. (SA) to Hunter Valley (NSW), inland to c. Macquarie Marshes. Common Tas., Vic., s SA, NSW Riverina. Nomadic, part-migratory.
