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| − | + | [[Image:Grey-backed Sparrow-lark.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Max+Holdt|Max Holdt}}<br />Windhoek, [[Namibia]]]] | |
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;[[:Category:Eremopterix|Eremopterix]] verticalis | ;[[:Category:Eremopterix|Eremopterix]] verticalis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 12–13 cm; a small finch-like lark<br /> | ||
| + | '''Male''' | ||
| + | *Black head | ||
| + | *White cheeks | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Southern [[Africa]] | + | Southern [[Africa]]: <br /> |
| + | '''Western Africa''': found in [[Angola]], [[Zaire]]<br /> | ||
| + | '''Eastern Africa''': [[Zambia]]<br /> | ||
| + | '''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]] and [[KwaZulu-Natal]] | ||
| + | [[Image:CD4 2539.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|charelli|charelli}}<br />[[Namibia]], September 2012]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Sibspecies==== | ||
''Eremopterix verticalis'' has four subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ''Eremopterix verticalis'' has four subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ||
*''E. v. damarensis'' | *''E. v. damarensis'' | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Semi-desert and arid | + | [[Image:800fba2P21732181.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile male<br />Photo by {{user|CollinBax|CollinBax}}<br />Durbanville, Cape Town, [[South Africa]], February 2009]] |
| + | Semi-desert and arid shrub-land, grassland, savanna and cereal crops. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ====Diet==== | |
| + | Their diet consists mostly of seeds and grass shoots, with the addition of some insects. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#{{Ref-Hockeyetal05}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2015) |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Eremopterix+verticalis}} | {{GSearch|Eremopterix+verticalis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eremopterix]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eremopterix]] | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 14 June 2015
- Eremopterix verticalis
Identification
12–13 cm; a small finch-like lark
Male
- Black head
- White cheeks
Distribution
Southern Africa:
Western Africa: found in Angola, Zaire
Eastern Africa: Zambia
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal
Taxonomy
Sibspecies
Eremopterix verticalis has four subspecies:[1]
- E. v. damarensis
- E. v. harti
- Southern Zambia
- E. v. khama
- E. v. verticalis
- Western and central South Africa, south-eastern Botswana and extreme southern Zimbabwe
Habitat
Semi-desert and arid shrub-land, grassland, savanna and cereal crops.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of seeds and grass shoots, with the addition of some insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-backed_Sparrow-Lark
