Fischer's sparrow-lark
Fischer's sparrow-lark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Eremopterix |
Species: | E. leucopareia
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Binomial name | |
Eremopterix leucopareia | |
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Fischer's sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia) or Fischer's finch-lark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. It is found from central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
This inconspicuous dull-coloured bird somewhat resembles a finch. It can be distinguished from the similar chestnut-headed sparrow-lark by the absence of a white patch on the crown of its head. It is found on short grass plains where it congregates in large flocks except during the breeding season.[2]
The common name of the bird commemorates the German explorer Gustav Fischer.[3]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eremopterix leucopareia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717207A94524413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717207A94524413.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Kenya Birds
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Birds? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 127–128.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Eremopterix
- Birds of East Africa
- Birds described in 1884
- Taxa named by Gustav Fischer
- Alaudidae stubs