Lesser Hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni)

Other Names (World)
Lesser Hoopoe-Lark, Witherby's Lark

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
18 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Witherby, 1905

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)

Somalia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Lesser Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon hamertoni) [XC879406]
by id from Tuuyo Plain, Somaliland, Somalia (uncertain)

Subspecies
Affinities uncertain in absence of genetic data. May form a superspecies with Greater Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon alaudipes). Possible link with Certhilauda proposed by some authors. Geographical variation limited, and possibly clinal. Racial identity of birds in north-eastern corner of Somalia not known, tentatively placed with altera but further study needed.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

tertia Stephenson Clarke, 1919 - Inland in north-western Somalia.
altera Witherby, 1905 - Northern and north-eastern Somalia.
hamertoni Witherby, 1905 - Coast of central Somalia, extending inland to Ethiopian border in north.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lesser Hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni) - 6 files

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