Stark's Lark (Spizocorys starki)

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

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1902)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

Angolan coastal plain (south from Porto Amboim, in Cuanza Sul), Namibia, south-western Botswana and north-western South Africa.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A short 'chree-chree', uttered in flight. Song recalls a Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis), melodious jumble of notes, given in high flight display.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Stark's Lark (Spizocorys starki) [XC696097]
by Ken Behrens from Baia Farta, Ba\u00eda Farta, Benguela, Angola (call)

Stark's Lark (Spizocorys) [XC696096]
by Ken Behrens from Baia Farta, Ba\u00eda Farta, Benguela, Angola (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Birds from central Namibia south to north-western South Africa sometimes separated as subspecies gregaria, but generally considered indistinguishable from those in rest of species' range.

References
See References.

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