| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Eremopterix |
| Species: | E. signatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremopterix signatus (Oustalet, 1886) |
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The chestnut-headed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix signatus) is a species of passerine bird in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts.
The male chestnut-headed sparrow-lark has a black collar and bib, white cheeks and a white circular area on the nape of the crown, surrounded by a chestnut border. This distinguishes it from Fischer's sparrow-lark, Eremopterix leucopareia which lacks the white spot. The female has duller plumage.
This bird is usually found in pairs or small flocks of up to forty birds, often around water holes. It flies low to the ground and may sing in flight or when standing on bare ground.[1]