Somali short-toed lark
| Somali short-toed lark | |
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| An 1897 illustration of the Somali short-toed lark | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Alaudala |
| Species: | A. somalica |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaudala somalica Sharpe, 1895 | |
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The Somali short-toed lark (Alaudala somalica) is a small passerine bird of the lark family found in eastern and north-eastern Africa.
The habitat of the Somali short-toed lark is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Somali short-toed lark was originally placed in the genus Calandrella until moved to Alaudala in 2014.[3] Formerly or presently, some authorities considered the Somali short-toed lark as a subspecies of the lesser short-toed lark and/or the Athi short-toed lark as a subspecies of the Somali short-toed lark. The alternate name rufous short-toed lark is also used to describe the red-capped lark.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:[4]
- A. s. perconfusa - (White, CMN, 1960): Found in north-western Somalia
- A. s. somalica - Sharpe, 1895: Found in eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia
- A. s. megaensis - (Benson, 1946): Found from southern Ethiopia to central Kenya
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Calandrella somalica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Ryan, P. "Somali Short-toed Lark (Calandrella somalica)". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ "Taxonomy 4.1 to 4.4 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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