Fischer's sparrow-lark

Fischer's sparrow-lark
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix
Species:
E. leucopareia
Binomial name
Eremopterix leucopareia
(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Coraphites leucopareia

Fischer's sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia) or Fischer's finch-lark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. It is found from central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

This inconspicuous dull-coloured bird somewhat resembles a finch. It can be distinguished from the similar chestnut-headed sparrow-lark by the absence of a white patch on the crown of its head. It is found on short grass plains where it congregates in large flocks except during the breeding season.[2]

The common name of the bird commemorates the German explorer Gustav Fischer.[3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eremopterix leucopareia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717207A94524413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717207A94524413.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Kenya Birds". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Birds? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 127–128.
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