Short-tailed lark
The short-tailed lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.
Short-tailed lark | |
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P. f. delamerei in Serengeti N.P. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Spizocorys |
Species: | S. fremantlii |
Binomial name | |
Spizocorys fremantlii (Lort Phillips, 1897) | |
Subspecies | |
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Synonyms | |
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It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.[1]
Taxonomy and systematics
The short-tailed lark was originally placed in the genus Calendula (which was subsequently renamed to Galerida) and then to the monotypic genus Pseudalaemon before it was re-classified to Spizocorys in 2014.[2][3]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:[4]
- Somali short-tailed lark (S. f. fremantlii) - (Lort Phillips, 1897): Found in south-eastern Ethiopia and Somalia
- S. f. megaensis - (Benson, 1946): Found in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya
- Kenya short-tailed lark (S. f. delamerei) - (Sharpe, 1900): Originally described as a separate species. Found in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania
Behaviour and ecology
Food and feeding
The diet of the short-tailed lark consists mostly of vegetable material.[5]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Pseudalaemon fremantlii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Spizocorys fremantlii - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- "Taxonomy 4.1 to 4.4 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
- Donald, Paul (2010-06-30). The Skylark. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408133347.
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