This is a male of this species, it is about sparrow sized with a bill like that of a finch and has short legs. They feed on seeds and insects on the ground. This is also called as ash-crowned sparrow-lark, ashy-crowned finch-lark, black-bellied finch-lark.
A fairly large babbler found in scrub, open forest and grass land. Always in flocks this individual along with others got down to the puddle of water to take a dip in the afternoon.
A bird of the open dry country and found in groups. It runs on the ground and stops to pick on nsects mainly termites, beetles, crickets and grasshoppers. Loved the setting here with those lovely purple flowers in the grass.
