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Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix nigriceps

(Above) Al Ruwais Livestock Farm, Qatar, 18 February 2013 (EOS 7D, 300mm f2.8 + 2x Extender)

With thick fine feathering around the eye, most of the desert larks are adapted to the bristling sunlight. Maybe this is the reason why it's always so hard to get a nice bright highlight in the eye when photographig this species.

 

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