Fischer's sparrow-lark

Fischer's sparrow-lark
Scientific classification
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 finch lark
  • Fischer's finch-lark
  • Fischer's sparrow lark
  • Fischer's sparrowlark

The Fischer's sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia) is a species of passerine bird in the Alaudidae family. 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 (2012). "Eremopterix leucopareia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Kenya Birds
  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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