Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys fremantlii)

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lort Phillips, 1897)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) [XC429931]
by Peter Boesman from Lark Plains, nr Engikiret, Monduli, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call, flight call)

Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys) [XC510401]
by Andrew Spencer from Engikaret Lark plains, Arusha, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
Peculiar lark of uncertain affinities. Has sometimes been placed in genus Galerida, and considered by some to form a superspecies with Sun Lark (Galerida modesta) and Large-billed Lark (Galerida magnirostris), but differences too great for such treatment to be warranted.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

fremantlii (Lort Phillips, 1897) - Somalia and south-eastern Ethiopia.
megaensis (Benson, 1946) - Southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.
delamerei (Sharpe, 1900) - Southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) - 10 files

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