Fawn-coloured lark
Species of bird
Fawn-coloured lark | |
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in South Africa | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Calendulauda |
Species: | C. africanoides |
Binomial name | |
Calendulauda africanoides (Smith, 1836) | |
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The fawn-coloured lark (Calendulauda africanoides) or fawn-coloured bush-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
Formerly, the fawn-coloured lark was classified as belonging to the genus Mirafra until moved to Calendulauda in 2009.[2] Not all authorities recognize this re-classification.[3]
Subspecies
Six subspecies are recognized:[4]
- C. a. trapnelli - (White, CMN, 1943): Found in south-eastern Angola and south-western Zambia
- Damaraland fawn-coloured lark or Naivasha fawn-coloured lark (C. a. harei) - (Roberts, 1917): Found from central Namibia to south-western Botswana and north-western South Africa.
- C. a. makarikari - (Roberts, 1932): Found from south-western Angola and northern Namibia to western Zambia and northern and central Botswana
- C. a. sarwensis - (Roberts, 1932): Found in western Botswana, eastern Namibia and north-central South Africa
- C. a. vincenti - (Roberts, 1938): Found in central Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique
- C. a. africanoides - (Smith, 1836): Found in southern Namibia, southern and eastern Botswana, south-western Zimbabwe and northern South Africa
Distribution and habitat
The range of Mirafra africanoides is broadly spread, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,400,000 km2.[1] It can be found in the countries of Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Calendulauda africanoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22717080A118709482. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717080A118709482.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ^ "Calendulauda africanoides - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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- Species factsheet[permanent dead link] - BirdLife International
- Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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