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| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:chestnut_headed_sparrow_larks_kenya.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''signatus'' showing male's white crown patch and female plumage (bottom left).<br>Photo © by {{user|THE_FERN|THE_FERN}}. Tsavo East National Park [[Kenya]], November 2021]] |
| − | + | ;[[:Category:Eremopterix|Eremopterix]] signatus | |
| − | + | ''Eremopterix signata'' | |
| + | ==Identification== | ||
| + | A distinctive Sparrow-Lark due to the adult male's white crown patch (this varies in size between individuals and may not be visible). | ||
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| + | ====Similar Species==== | ||
| + | Similar to [[Fischer's Sparrow-Lark]]. This differs as follows: | ||
| + | * crown all chestnut | ||
| + | * nape chestnut without white (Chestnut-headed has a white patch at the nape and dark surround to the white ear patch is incomplete | ||
| + | * Fischer's appears less neat than Chestnut-headed as the brown colours tend to bleed into the white. | ||
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Image:Sparrow lark chestnut headed - murulle.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''signatus''<br />Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Murulle, South Omo, [[Ethiopia]], April 2011]] | ||
| + | Endemic to north-eastern [[Africa]], occuring in [[Kenya]], [[Somalia]], [[Ethiopia]] and [[South Sudan]]. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | Clements recognises the following subspecies [[#References|[1]]]: | ||
| + | *''E. s. signatus'' Southern and eastern [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], and eastern [[Kenya]] | ||
| + | *''E. s. harrisoni'' Southeastern [[South Sudan]] and northwestern [[Kenya]] | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Arid plains, often near water holes. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | {{GSearch|Eremopterix+signat}} | |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eremopterix]] |
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- Eremopterix signatus
Eremopterix signata
Identification
A distinctive Sparrow-Lark due to the adult male's white crown patch (this varies in size between individuals and may not be visible).
Similar Species
Similar to Fischer's Sparrow-Lark. This differs as follows:
- crown all chestnut
- nape chestnut without white (Chestnut-headed has a white patch at the nape and dark surround to the white ear patch is incomplete
- Fischer's appears less neat than Chestnut-headed as the brown colours tend to bleed into the white.
Distribution
Endemic to north-eastern Africa, occuring in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:
- E. s. signatus Southern and eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, and eastern Kenya
- E. s. harrisoni Southeastern South Sudan and northwestern Kenya
Habitat
Arid plains, often near water holes.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-headed_Sparrow-Lark
