Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis)

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark, Chestnut-backed Finch-Lark, White-cheeked Sparrow-Lark, White-cheeked Finch-Lark

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Stanley, 1814)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, C�te dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis) [XC447384]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Parc du W, Tillab\u00e9ri Region, Niger (song)

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis) [XC209983]
by Peter Boesman from Aledeghe WIldlife Reserve, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Has been considered to form a superspecies with Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) on basis of male plumage patterns.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

melanocephalus (Lichtenstein, MHK, 1823) - Senegal east to central Sudan.
leucotis (Stanley, 1814) - South-eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and north-western Somalia.
madaraszi (Reichenow, 1902) - North-eastern Uganda, Kenya, coastal southern Somalia, Tanzania and northern Mozambique.
hoeschi White, CMN, 1959 - Southern Angola, western Zambia, northern Namibia, northern Botswana and north-western Zimbabwe.
smithi (Bonaparte, 1850) - Eastern Zambia, southern Malawi, western and central Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, eastern Botswana and eastern South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis) - 10 files

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