Dusky Lark - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Mike B
Cuango valley, northern Angola July 2005

Pinarocorys nigricans

Distribution

Sub-saharan Africa:
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• P. n. occidentis:

• South-western Zaire and northern Angola; winters to Namibia and Mozambique

• P. n. nigricans:

• Southern Zaire, north-western Zambia and south-western Tanzania; winters to Namibia and Mozambique

Habitat

Dry savanna and lowland grassland and in knobthorn thickets

Behaviour

Diet

They forage for insects in old dung

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikiepedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Dusky Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dusky_Lark

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