Somali Short-toed Lark © arthurgrosset.com

May form a superspecies with Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens), with which sometimes treated as conspecific, and Sand Lark (Alaudala raytal). Distinctive subspecies athensis sometimes considered a separate species. Described subspecies vulpecula (from northern Somalia) considered synonymous with nominate. Birds recorded in central Kenya of uncertain racial identity, tentatively included in megaensis.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• perconfusa (White, CMN, 1960)   -  North-western Somalia.
• somalica (Sharpe, 1895)   -  Eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia.
• megaensis (Benson, 1946)   -  Southern Ethiopia and northern and central Kenya.
• athensis (Sharpe, 1900)   -  Southern Kenya (southern from Nairobi National Park and Athi Plains) and northern Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Athi Short-toed Lark (Calandrella athensis).

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