LEVANT HORNED LARK

Kizilcadag Mountains Turkey May 2006 Of the race Penicillata a distinct form, with greyish-pink mantle and scapulars, no buff or dark streaks, hindneck a vinous pink, face pale yellow and the black quite extensive around the face and throat, it also joins unlike the race we see in Britian.
Watched feeding, perching on fences, in display flight, and singing, call quite different as well when flushed off ground.