Spike-heeled lark

Spike-heeled lark

C. a. erikssoni in Etosha National Park
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Chersomanes
Species:	C. albofasciata
Binomial name
*Chersomanes albofasciata* (Lafresnaye, 1836)
Subspecies
See text

resident range
Synonyms
Certhilauda albofasciata Rufous long-billed lark

The spike-heeled lark (Chersomanes albofasciata) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in southern Africa.^[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.^[3]

Taxonomy and systematics

Originally, the spike-heeled lark was considered to belong to the genus Certhilauda (as C. albofasciata).^[4]

Subspecies

Presently, ten subspecies are recognized.^[5] Additionally, Beesley's lark was also formerly classified as a subspecies of the spike-heeled lark.^[6]

Benguella rufous long-billed lark (C. a. obscurata) - Hartert, 1907: Found in south-western and central Angola
Ovampo rufous long-billed lark (C. a. erikssoni) - (Hartert, 1907): Found in northern Namibia
C. a. kalahariae - (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912): Found in southern and western Botswana, northern South Africa
C. a. boweni - (Meyer de Schauensee, 1931): Found in north-western Namibia
Damara rufous long-billed lark (C. a. arenaria) - (Reichenow, 1904): Found in southern Namibia and south-western South Africa
C. a. barlowi - White, CMN, 1961: Found in eastern Botswana
C. a. alticola - Roberts, 1932: Found in north-eastern South Africa
Rufous long-billed lark (C. a. albofasciata) - (Lafresnaye, 1836): Found in south-eastern Botswana to central South Africa
C. a. garrula - (Smith, A, 1846): Found in western South Africa
C. a. macdonaldi - (Winterbottom, 1958): Found in southern South Africa

Gallery

C. albofasciata alticola at Suikerbosrand, Gauteng
A pair in flight

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chersomanes albofasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
↑ "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
↑ "Chersomanes albofasciata (Spike-heeled Lark)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
↑ "Chersomanes albofasciata - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
↑ "Chersomanes beesleyi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

External links

Media related to Chersomanes albofasciata at Wikimedia Commons

Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds

Larks (Family: Alaudidae)

Genus	Species

Mirafra	Angolan lark Ash's lark Cape clapper lark Eastern clapper lark Collared lark Flappet lark Friedmann's lark Gillett's lark (Degodi lark) Kordofan lark Melodious lark Madagascan lark Monotonous lark Red-winged lark Rufous-naped lark Somali lark White-tailed lark Williams's lark Rusty bush lark Horsfield's bush lark Burmese bush lark Indian bush lark Indochinese bush lark Jerdon's bush lark Bengal bush lark Singing bush lark

Calendulauda	Foxy lark Fawn-coloured lark Pink-breasted lark Sabota lark Dune lark Barlow's lark Karoo lark Red lark

Pinarocorys	Rufous-rumped lark Dusky lark

Heteromirafra	Archer's lark Sidamo lark Rudd's lark

Certhilauda	Cape long-billed lark Agulhas long-billed lark Benguela long-billed lark Eastern long-billed lark Karoo long-billed lark Short-clawed lark

Chersomanes	Spike-heeled lark Beesley's lark

Eremopterix	Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark Black-eared sparrow-lark Grey-backed sparrow-lark Fischer's sparrow-lark Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark Black-crowned sparrow-lark Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark

Ammomanes	Bar-tailed lark Rufous-tailed lark Desert lark Gray's lark

Alaemon	Greater hoopoe-lark Lesser hoopoe-lark

Ramphocoris	Thick-billed lark

Melanocorypha	Calandra lark Bimaculated lark Tibetan lark Mongolian lark White-winged lark Black lark

Calandrella	Greater short-toed lark Blanford's lark Erlanger's lark Red-capped lark Hume's short-toed lark Lesser short-toed lark Asian short-toed lark Sand lark Somali short-toed lark (Athi short-toed lark)

Spizocorys	Pink-billed lark Sclater's lark Obbia lark Masked lark Botha's lark

Eremalauda	Stark's lark Dunn's lark

Chersophilus	Dupont's lark

Galerida	Crested lark Thekla lark Malabar lark Maghreb lark Sun lark Sykes's lark Large-billed lark

Pseudalaemon	Short-tailed lark

Lullula	Woodlark

Alauda	Eurasian skylark Japanese skylark Oriental skylark Raso lark

Eremophila	Horned lark Temminck's lark

84 extant species in 20 genera

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