The short-tailed lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.
Short-tailed lark | |
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P. f. delamerei in Serengeti N.P. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Spizocorys |
Species: | S. fremantlii |
Binomial name | |
Spizocorys fremantlii (Lort Phillips, 1897) | |
Subspecies | |
See text | |
resident range | |
Synonyms | |
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It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.[1]
Taxonomy and systematics
The short-tailed lark was originally placed in the genus Calendula (which was subsequently renamed to Galerida) and then to the monotypic genus Pseudalaemon before it was re-classified to Spizocorys in 2014.[2][3]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:[4]
- Somali short-tailed lark (S. f. fremantlii) - (Lort Phillips, 1897): Found in south-eastern Ethiopia and Somalia
- S. f. megaensis - (Benson, 1946): Found in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya
- Kenya short-tailed lark (S. f. delamerei) - (Sharpe, 1900): Originally described as a separate species. Found in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania
Behaviour and ecology
Food and feeding
The diet of the short-tailed lark consists mostly of vegetable material.[5]
References
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