The avoid the interior of the desert zone, a habitat that is more likely to be used by the Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark.

The Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

The top of the head is ashy (although the base of these crown feathers are dark) unlike the dark brown to black in the Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark which partly overlaps with the range of this species in the arid zone of India and Pakistan.

BLACK-CROWNED FINCH-LARK Eremopterix nigriceps.