Pink-billed lark
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Spizocorys |
| Species: | S. conirostris |
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| Spizocorys conirostris (Sundevall, 1850) | |
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The pink-billed lark (Spizocorys conirostris) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family found in southern Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Taxonomy and systematics
The pink-billed lark was originally classified within the genus Alauda. Some authorities have placed the pink-billed lark in the genus Calandrella.[2]
Subspecies
Six subspecies are recognized:[3]
- Damara pink-billed lark (S. c. damarensis) or Kenya short-toed lark - Roberts, 1922: Found in north-western Namibia
- S. c. crypta - (Irwin, 1957): Found in north-eastern Botswana
- S. c. makawai - (Traylor, 1962): Found in western Zambia
- S. c. harti - (Benson, 1964): Found in south-western Zambia
- S. c. barlowi - Roberts, 1942: Found in southern Namibia, southern Botswana and north-western South Africa
- S. c. conirostris - (Sundevall, 1850): Found in south-eastern Botswana, northern, central and eastern South Africa
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Spizocorys conirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
External links
- Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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