Biology:Fischer's sparrow-lark

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Fischer's sparrow-lark
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix
Species:
E. leucopareia
Binomial name
Eremopterix leucopareia
(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)
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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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22717207/94524413. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. "Kenya Birds". http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/splark-ch.htm. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Birds? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 127–128. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2667841 entry