Sclater's lark

Sclater's lark
Sclater's lark (right)
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Spizocorys
Species:	S. sclateri
Binomial name
Spizocorys sclateri (Shelley, 1902)
IUCN distribution of Sclater's lark   Extant (resident)
Synonyms
Calandrella sclateri

Sclater's lark (Spizocorys sclateri) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy and systematics

The common name and the Latin binomial commemorate the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater. ^[2]

Sclater's lark was originally placed within the genus Calandrella and some authorities continue to recognise that classification. This species is alternately named as Sclater's short-toed lark. ^[3]

Conservation status

Sclater's lark is classified as Near Threatened due to its scarce and localised population in the Nama Karoo.

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Spizocorys sclateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22717356A118398308. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717356A118398308.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304.
3. "Spizocorys sclateri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-10.

External links

• Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds
• Sclater's lark Structured guide to the species in southern Africa