Beesley's lark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Chersomanes |
Species: | C. beesleyi |
Binomial name | |
Chersomanes beesleyi Benson, 1966 | |
resident range | |
Synonyms | |
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Beesley's lark (Chersomanes beesleyi) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. [1] It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the spike-heeled lark. [2] Clements lumps this bird into the spike-heeled lark.
It is found north-eastern Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
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