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The Penghu Oriental Skylark always appear above the open land
and will fly to the mid air and singing with beautiful voice.
Therefore, they are given a nickname called “mid-sky bird”
Habits of Penghu Oriental Skylark ::
Lark < Alauda gulgula> belongs to bird of the alaudidae
< 75 kinds all over the world and 1 kind in Taiwan > ,bird
of the alaudidae distribute all over the world except for the
south and north poles. They breed in Taiwan with feather on
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wide wings. Their legs are a bit longer and with
quite long back claw. They mainly inhabit on open grass lands
, drought farmlands or open area in mountains. They eat insects,
seeds of plants and like to fly near the ground and singing
a lot. They usually nest in claypan .
There are two sub-races of lark in Taiwan , < A.g.wattersi>
one is from our island with yellow-brown feather all over the
body with black-brown spots the backward feather appears longer
their chests yellow-brown with again black-brown spots under
belly their feather becomes light yellow-brown.
The other kind of Penghu lark < A.g.coelivox> origins
in Penghu, and is with thicker yellow-brown feather all over
the body.
How Penghu county bird is selected :
Due to the special geographical factors, and the variety of
its races, birds are greatly loved and chosen to be one of the
county spirits. Birds are taken as an indicator of the environmental
protection, and to improve people’s understanding to the
local bird races and their love and care toward all birds and
life, the county government hold this county bird selection
event. Furthermore, this event will encourage people to participate
in the wild animal protection activity and to preserve and cherish
the natural biological resources in Penghu.
We asked Penghu county wild bird association to recommend 8
kinds of birds, they are: Penghu little lark, Japanese White-eye,
Bridled Tern, Kentish Plover, Spooted-necked Dove, Pacific Reef
Egret, Chinese Bulbul, Brown Noddy. And the little lark came
in the first place and was therefore being announced by the
county mayor as the county bird.
The origin of mid-sky bird :
Penghu little lark is a special sub-ace bird only found in Penghu
area. They are seen all year in Penghu and also belong to a
rare wild bird known. They are often found flying around the
wild farmlands or near county flowers. That is a very attractive
view and inspires a homeland emotion. They may appear ordinary,
but with their beautiful voices, male lark always singing while
fly soaring up the sky when the breeding season spring comes.
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