Fawn-coloured lark
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calendulauda |
| Species: | C. africanoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Calendulauda africanoides (Smith A,1836)
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Thefawn-coloured lark(Calendulauda africanoides) orfawn-coloured bush-larkis a species oflarkin the familyAlaudidae.It is found in south-central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]Formerly, the fawn-coloured lark was classified as belonging to the genusMirafrauntil moved toCalendulaudain 2009.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]Eightsubspeciesare recognised:[2]
- C. a. intercedens(Reichenow,1895) – east, south Ethiopia and west Somalia to east Uganda, Kenya and north Tanzania
- C. a. alopex(Sharpe,1890) – extreme east Ethiopia and north Somalia
- C. a. trapnelli(White, CMN, 1943) – southeast Angola and southwest Zambia
- C. a. harei(Roberts,1917) – central Namibia to southwest Botswana and northwest South Africa
- C. a. makarikari(Roberts, 1932) – southwest Angola and north Namibia to west Zambia and north, central Botswana
- C. a. sarwensis(Roberts, 1932) – west Botswana, east Namibia and central north South Africa
- C. a. vincenti(Roberts, 1938) – central Zimbabwe and south Mozambique
- C. a. africanoides(Smith, A,1836) – south Namibia, south, east Botswana, southwest Zimbabwe and north South Africa
The subspeciesC. a. intercedensandC. a. alopexwere formerly separated as the foxy lark. They were lumped with the fawn-colored lark based on the results of a large 2024 molecular genetic study of theAlaudidaebyPer Alströmand collaborators that found only shallowgenetic divergence.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Therangeof the fawn-coloured lark 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
[edit]- ^abBirdLife International (2017)."Calendulauda africanoides".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T22717080A118709482.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717080A118709482.en.Retrieved12 November2021.
- ^abcGill, Frank;Donsker, David;Rasmussen, Pamela,eds. (August 2024)."Nicators, Bearded Reedling, larks".IOC World Bird List Version 14.2.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved9 September2024.
- ^Alström, P.;Mohammadi, Z.; Enbody, E.D.; Irestedt, M.; Engelbrecht, D.; Crochet, P.-A.; Guillaumet, A.; Rancilhac, L.; Tieleman, B.I.; Olsson, U.; Donald, P.F.; Stervander, M. (2023)."Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data".Avian Research.14:100095.doi:10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100095.
External links
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- Species factsheet[permanent dead link]- BirdLife International
- Species text-The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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