Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys) [XC306874]
by id from Mega-Soda area, Oromia, Ethiopia (call)
Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys) [XC510400]
by . \r\n\r\nZebra braying in the background. Recorded with iPhone 5s, amplification and high-pass filter applied using Audacity to reduce wind noise. 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.