The fawn-coloured lark (''Calendulauda africanoides'') or fawn-coloured bush-lark is a species of
lark in the family
Alaudidae. It is found in south-central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
Formerly, the fawn-coloured lark was classified as belonging to the genus ''
Mirafra
''Mirafra'' is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Some ''Mirafra'' species are called "larks", while others are called "bush larks". They are found from Africa through South Asia to Australia.
Taxonomy and systematics
The phylogeny of lark ...
'' until moved to ''Calendulauda'' in 2009. Not all authorities recognize this re-classification.
Subspecies
Six
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
are recognized:
* ''C. a. trapnelli'' -
( White, CMN, 1943): Found in south-eastern Angola and south-western Zambia
* Damaraland fawn-coloured lark or Naivasha fawn-coloured lark (''C. a. harei'') -
(Roberts
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People
* Roberts (given name), a Latvian masculine given name
* Roberts (surname), a popular surname, especially among the Welsh
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* Roberts (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
;United Stat ...
, 1917): Found from central Namibia to south-western Botswana and north-western South Africa.
* ''C. a. makarikari'' -
(Roberts, 1932): Found from south-western Angola and northern Namibia to western Zambia and northern and central Botswana
* ''C. a. sarwensis'' -
(Roberts, 1932): Found in western Botswana, eastern Namibia and north-central South Africa
* ''C. a. vincenti'' -
(Roberts, 1938): Found in central Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique
* ''C. a. africanoides'' -
( Smith, 1836): Found in southern Namibia, southern and eastern Botswana, south-western Zimbabwe and northern South Africa
Distribution and habitat
The
range
Range may refer to:
Geography
* Range (geographic), a chain of hills or mountains; a somewhat linear, complex mountainous or hilly area (cordillera, sierra)
** Mountain range, a group of mountains bordered by lowlands
* Range, a term used to i ...
of ''Mirafra africanoides'' is broadly spread, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,400,000 km
2.
It can be found in the countries of Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
External links
Species factsheet- BirdLife International
Species text- ''The Atlas of Southern African Birds''
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