Abstract          Genetic analysis of the Western Palearctic’s only record of Hume’s  Lark Calandrella acutirostris, from Eilat, Israel, in February 1986, showed it to be of the nominate subspecies, suggesting that it originated from the west of the species’ range, in Iran or Afghanistan. Assignment to subspecies level is essen

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