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 LC    Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark* Id (Atlas):
    Eremopterix signatus

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Eremopterix signata [BirdLife International (2004)], Eremopterix signata [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Eremopterix signata [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)]

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark, Chestnut-headed Finch-lark

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Oustalet, 1886)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan.

Vagrant to Israel.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix signatus) [XC209981]
     by Frank Lambert from Bilen Lodge, Ethiopia (call)

 
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix signatus) [XC451740]
     by id from Buffalo Springs NP, Kenya, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Suggested as forming a a superspecies with Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix verticalis), sometimes expanded to include also Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) and Fischer's Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucopareia). Subspecies harrisoni weakly differentiated, perhaps indistinguishable from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • signatus (Oustalet, 1886)   -  Eastern and southern Ethiopia, north, central and southern Somalia and eastern Kenya.
  • harrisoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1900)   -  Extreme south-eastern Sudan and north-western Kenya.



References
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Files:
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