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 LC    Masked Lark* Id (Atlas):
    Spizocorys personata

Description (10)
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Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1895

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland. From 400 - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)
Ethiopia, Kenya.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Masked Lark (Spizocorys) [XC448992]
     by id from Marsabit County, Kenya (song, song flight)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • personata Sharpe, 1895   -  Eastern Ethiopia.
  • yavelloensis (Benson, 1947)   -  Southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya (south to Dida Galgalu Desert).
  • mcchesneyi (Williams, JG, 1957)   -  Marsabit Plateau, in northern Kenya.
  • intensa (Rothschild, 1931)   -  Central Kenya.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Masked Lark (Spizocorys personata) - 10 files


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