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].

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

(Spizocorys fremantlii) [XC429930]
by Peter Boesman from Lark Plains, nr Engikiret, Monduli, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call)

(Spizocorys) [XC429932]
by Peter Boesman from Lark Plains, nr Engikiret, Monduli, Arusha Region, 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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