Sidamo Lark

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Sidamo Lark
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Alaudidae Genus: Heteromirafra Species: H. sidamoensis
Binomial name
Heteromirafra sidamoensis Erard, 1975

The Sidamo Lark (Heteromirafra sidamoensis) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is endemic to Ethiopia.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss and unlike previously believed its population is declining. Thus, it is uplisted again to Endangered in the 2007 IUCN Red List from the Vulnerable status it held since 2000.^[1]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ See BirdLife International (2004 2007a,b).

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Heteromirafra sidamoensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 24 July 2007.
• BirdLife International (2007a): [ 2006-2007 Red List status changes ]. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
• BirdLife International (2007b): Sidamo Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.