Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark: Eremopterix griseus

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Dabhak Churi)
 Eremopterix griseus

 

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark: Eremopterix griseus Local name: Dabhak Churi

 

In British India, this bird was shot for the table. It was also prepared as 'Ortolan', a French gastronomic form of force-feeding the bird (ortolan) in a dark box with grain, where the bird eats continuously due to darkness, and then drowned in wine and roasted whole and eaten that way, bones and all, with the diner covering his head and face with a large napkin to preserve the aroma. Source - Wikipedia.

 

Photographed at Kumbhargaon, Maharashtra, India, on 9th November,, 2013.

 

Camera used: Nikon D5100 DSLR with AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm VR Lens