Grey-backed sparrow-lark
Grey-backed sparrow-lark | |
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Male in Northern Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Eremopterix |
Species: | E. verticalis
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Binomial name | |
Eremopterix verticalis (Smith, 1836)
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The grey-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis) or grey-backed finch-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Sometimes, the name 'grey-backed sparrow-lark' is also used to describe the black-eared sparrow-lark.
Taxonomy and systematics[]
Subspecies[]
Four subspecies are recognized:[2]
- E. v. khama - Irwin, 1957: Found in north-eastern Botswana, western Zimbabwe and western Zambia
- E. v. harti - Benson & Irwin, 1965: Found in south-western Zambia
- E. v. damarensis - Roberts, 1931: Found from western Angola and south-western Zambia to western South Africa
- E. v. verticalis - (Smith, 1836): Found from south-eastern Botswana and south-western Zimbabwe to southern South Africa
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eremopterix verticalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717202A94524188. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717202A94524188.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Eremopterix
- Birds of Southern Africa
- Birds described in 1836
- Alaudidae stubs