- Mirafra gilletti
Includes Degodi Lark
Identification
16cm.
- Dull brown with streaks anove
- White or cream below
- Rufous crown
- White stripe above eye
- Dark brown stripe through eye
- Breast has rufous streaks
- Dark brown iris
- Pale horn bill
- Pink brown legs
Distribution
Africa: found in eastern Ethiopia and Somalia
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two to three subspecies recognized:
- M. g. gilletti in eastern Ethiopia and nortwest Somalia
- M. g. arorihensis from central Somalia to northeast Kenya
- M. g. degodiensis in southeast Ethiopia
degodi is not recognized by Clements. It was was formerly considered to be a full species, Degodi Lark. However, recent research (Collar et al., 2009) reported in this thread showed that the Degodi Lark and Gillett's Lark are conspecific.
Habitat
Grassy areas in semi-arid savanna and woodland.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes caterpillars and grasshoppers, and it is a ground feeder.
Breeding
Monogomous.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)#Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gillett's Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gillett%27s_Lark
