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AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls.

Alström, P., van Lipschooten, J., Donald, P.F., Sundev, G., Mohammadi, Z., Ghorbani, F., Shafaeipour, A., van den Berg, A.B., Robb, M., Aliabadian, M., Wei, C., Lei, F., Oxelman, B. & Olsson, U. 2021. Multiple species delimitation approaches applied to the avian lark genus Alaudala . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154(106994).

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., ?ekercio?lu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

BirdLife International. 2021. European Red List of Birds. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

de Juana, E. and Suárez, F. 2021. Mediterranean Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens), version 1.0. In Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.mstlar1.01. (Accessed: 16th August, 2022).

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Ghorbani, F., Aliabadian, M., Zhang, R., Irestedt, M., Yan, H., Gombobaatar, S., Lei, F., Ma, M., Olsson, U. & Alström, P. 2020. Densely sampled phylogenetic analyses of the Lesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens-Sand Lark A. raytal species complex (Aves, Passeriformes) reveals cryptic diversity. Zoologica Scripta 49: 427-439.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1993. A supplement to 'Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World'. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mediterranean-short-toed-lark-alaudala-rufescens on 05/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 05/01/2025.