Long-billed Lark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Certhilauda |
Species: | C. curvirostris |
Binomial name | |
Certhilauda curvirostris (Hermann, 1783) |
The Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda curvirostris), also known as the Cape Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are semi-arid Karoo shrub and subtropical dry shrubland and subtropical or dry lowland and highveld grassland. This lark is also found in croplands, farmlands and coastal fynbos.
There are 5 races: