Fischer's sparrow-lark

Fischer's sparrow-lark
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Eremopterix
Species:	E. leucopareia
Binomial name
Eremopterix leucopareia (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)
Synonyms
Coraphites leucopareia

Fischer's sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia) or Fischer's finch-lark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. It is found from central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

This inconspicuous dull-coloured bird somewhat resembles a finch. It can be distinguished from the similar chestnut-headed sparrow-lark by the absence of a white patch on the crown of its head. It is found on short grass plains where it congregates in large flocks except during the breeding season. ^[2]

The common name of the bird commemorates the German explorer Gustav Fischer. ^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Eremopterix leucopareia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22717207A94524413. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717207A94524413.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. "Kenya Birds". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Birds? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 127–128.

External links

• Images and classification at the Animal Diversity Web