Sabota lark
The sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern Africa in its natural habitats of dry savannah, moist savannah, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Calendulauda |
Species: | C. sabota |
Binomial name | |
Calendulauda sabota (Smith, 1836) | |
Subspecies | |
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Taxonomy and systematics
Formerly, the Sabota lark was classified as belonging to the genus Mirafra until moved to Calendulauda in 2009.[2] Not all authorities have followed this re-classification.[3] This species is also known as the large-billed Sabota lark and the small-billed Sabota lark.
Subspecies
Nine subspecies are recognized:[4]
- Congo Sabota lark (C. s. plebeja) - (Cabanis, 1875): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Alauda. Found on the Cabinda coast (north-western Angola)
- Benguella Sabota lark (C. s. ansorgei) - (Sclater, WL, 1926): Found in western Angola
- Bradfield's lark (C. s. naevia) - (Strickland, 1853): Formerly, some authorities considered it to be a separate species in Calendulauda or Mirafra. Found in north-western Namibia. It has a larger bill than the other subspecies of C. sabota.[1] Several other terms have been used to name this subspecies including Damaraland Sabota lark, Large-billed lark (not to be confused with another species of the same name, Galerida magnirostris) and Somali fawn-coloured lark.[5]
- Ovampo Sabota lark (C. s. waibeli) - (Grote, 1922): Found in northern Namibia and northern Botswana
- C. s. herero - (Roberts, 1936): Found in southern and eastern Namibia, north-western South Africa. Confusingly, this subspecies is also sometimes referred to as Bradfield's Lark.
- C. s. sabota - (Smith, 1836): Found in eastern Botswana, central Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa
- C. s. sabotoides - (Roberts, 1932): Found in central and southern Botswana, western Zimbabwe and northern South Africa
- C. s. suffusca - (Clancey, 1958): Found in south-eastern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa
- C. s. bradfieldi - (Roberts, 1928): Found in central South Africa.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Mirafra sabota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- "Calendulauda sabota - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
- "Calendulauda naevia - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
External links
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- Species factsheet - BirdLife International
- Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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