Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by volker sthamer
Murulle, South Omo, Ethiopia, April 2011

Eremopterix signatus

Eremopterix signata

Identification

This is a very distinctive Sparrow-Lark.
The adult male has a pure white patch on its crown (this varies in size between individuals).

Distribution

Endemic to north-eastern Africa, occuring in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Southern Sudan.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Eremopterix signatus has two subspecies:^[1]

• E. s. signatus

• Extreme south-eastern Sudan to south-eastern Ethiopia and Somalia

• E. s. harrisoni

• South-eastern Sudan to north-western Kenya (west of Lake Turkana)

Habitat

Arid plains, often near water holes.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

• List of references

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

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