Spike-heeled lark

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Spike-heeled lark
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C. a. erikssoni in Etosha National Park
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Chersomanes
Species:
C. albofasciata
Binomial name
Chersomanes albofasciata
(Lafresnaye, 1836)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Certhilauda albofasciata
  • Chersomanes garrula
  • Chersomanes rufulus

The spike-heeled lark (Chersomanes albofasciata) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern Africa. [2]

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. [3]

Taxonomy and systematics

Originally, the spike-heeled lark was considered to belong to the genus Certhilauda (as C. albofasciata). [4] Alternately, it has been called the rufous long-billed lark.

Subspecies

Presently, ten subspecies are recognized. [5] Additionally, Beesley's lark was also formerly classified as a subspecies of the spike-heeled lark. [6]

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Beesleys lark Species of bird

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Chersomanes albofasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  3. "Chersomanes albofasciata (Spike-heeled Lark)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  4. "Chersomanes albofasciata - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  5. "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi: 10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4 .
  6. "Chersomanes beesleyi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.