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Where does the Oriental Skylark live?

Alauda gulgula has 124,137 records in 39 countries and territories, from 1858 to 2026. Most records come from Taiwan.

Oriental Skylark
Oriental Skylark — Photo: Hari K Patibanda · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesAlaudidaeAlauda

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18582026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Taiwan 62,587
India 39,086
China 6,241
Thailand 4,706
Sri Lanka 2,487
Nepal 1,620
Philippines 1,251
Cambodia 1,243
Laos 1,131
Israel 1,006
Bhutan 603
United Arab Emirates 568
Bangladesh 443
Myanmar 404
Pakistan 163
Afghanistan 142
Kazakhstan 79
Hong Kong 64
Uzbekistan 63
Denmark 51
Oman 40
Azerbaijan 38
Kuwait 31
Tajikistan 26
Kyrgyzstan 10
Iran 8
Vietnam 8
Georgia 7
Türkiye 6
Saudi Arabia 5
Palestine 4
Turkmenistan 4
Germany 3
Bahrain 2
Macao 2
Malaysia 2
Côte d'Ivoire 1
Cyprus 1
Egypt 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.