Fawn-colored Lark

About the Fawn-colored Lark

The fawn-coloured lark (Calendulauda africanoides) or fawn-coloured bush-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-central Africa. Formerly, the fawn-coloured lark was classified as belonging to the genus Mirafra until moved to Calendulauda in 2009.

Eight subspecies are recognised: C. a. intercedens (Reichenow, 1895) – east, south Ethiopia and west Somalia to east Uganda, Kenya and north Tanzania C. a. alopex (Sharpe, 1890) – extreme east Ethiopia and north Somalia C. a. trapnelli (White, CMN, 1943) – southeast Angola and southwest Zambia

C. a. harei (Roberts, 1917) – central Namibia to southwest Botswana and northwest South Africa C. a. makarikari (Roberts, 1932) – southwest Angola and north Namibia to west Zambia and north, central Botswana C. a. sarwensis (Roberts, 1932) – west Botswana, east Namibia and central north South Africa

C. a. vincenti (Roberts, 1938) – central Zimbabwe and south Mozambique C. a. africanoides (Smith, A, 1836) – south Namibia, south, east Botswana, southwest Zimbabwe and north South Africa The subspecies C. a. intercedens and C. a. alopex were formerly separated as the foxy lark... Wikipedia →