Blanford's Lark (Calandrella blanfordi)

Other Names (World)
Blanford's Lark, Blanford’s Lark , Blanford’s Short-toed Lark

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1902)

Habitat
Dry gravel and stony plains with stunted acacia bushes and woodland wadis.

Range (Guide)

Northern Eritrea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A sparrow-like 'tchweerp' uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Blanford's Lark (Calandrella blanfordi) [XC113617]
by Rolf A. de By from Oromia, Ethiopia (call)

Blanford's Lark (Calandrella blanfordi) [XC445068]
by Bram Piot from Jemma Plateau, Oromia, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea) and Blanford's Lark (Calandrella blanfordi) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Calandrella cinerea following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

May form a superspecies with Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla), Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea), Erlanger's Lark (Calandrella erlangeri) and Hume's Lark (Calandrella acutirostris). Sometimes considered conspecific with Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla), Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea) and Erlanger's Lark (Calandrella erlangeri).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

blanfordi (Shelley, 1902) - Northern Eritrea.
eremica (Reichenow and Peters, 1932) - South-western Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Rufous-capped Lark (Calandrella eremica).
daaroodensis C. M. N. White, 1960 - Northern Somalia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous-capped Lark (Calandrella eremica).
erlangeri (Neumann, 1906) - Highlands of Ethiopia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Erlanger's Lark (Calandrella erlangeri).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blanfords Lark (Calandrella blanfordi) - 10 files

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