Sidamo Lark

Sidamo Lark
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[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), also known as Liben Lark, 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 rapidly declining. Listed as Vulnerable since 2000 on the IUCN Red List, it was uplisted to Endangered in 2007,^[2] and then further to Critically Endangered in 2009.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Heteromirafra sidamoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2009. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/148864. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
^ BirdLife International (2007). "What's new (2007)". Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070828022837/http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html.

BirdLife International (2011). "Species factsheet: Heteromirafra sidamoensis". http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8123&m=0. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
Donald, Paul F.; Collar, Nigel J.; Marsden, Stuart J.; Pain, Deborah J. (2010). "Chapter 8: Liben Lark Heteromirafra sidamoensis". Facing Extinction: The World's Rarest Birds and the Race to Save Them. pp. 80–85. ISBN 9780713670219. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yg4vh3h3.
Schultz, Nora (20 March 2009). "Africa's first bird extinction likely within four years". New Scientist. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16817-africas-first-bird-extinction-likely-within-four-years.html. Retrieved 14 May 2011.