Spike-heeled lark

Spike-heeled lark

From Etosha National Park
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Chersomanes
Species:	C. albofasciata
Binomial name
*Chersomanes albofasciata* (Lafresnaye, 1836)

The spike-heeled lark (Chersomanes albofasciata) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

References

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↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chersomanes albofasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

Larks (Family: Alaudidae)

Genus	Species

Mirafra	Angolan lark • Ash's lark • Cape clapper lark • Eastern clapper lark • Collared lark • Flappet lark • Friedmann's lark • Gillett's lark (Degodi lark) • Kordofan lark • Melodious lark • Madagascan lark • Monotonous lark • Red-winged lark • Rufous-naped lark • Somali lark • White-tailed lark • Williams's lark • Rusty bush lark • Horsfield's bush lark • Burmese bush lark • Indian bush lark • Indochinese bush lark • Jerdon's bush lark • Bengal bush lark • Singing bush lark

Calendulauda	Foxy lark • Fawn-coloured lark • Pink-breasted lark • Sabota lark • Dune lark • Barlow's lark • Karoo lark • Red lark

Pinarocorys	Rufous-rumped lark • Dusky lark

Heteromirafra	Archer's lark • Sidamo lark • Rudd's lark

Certhilauda	Cape long-billed lark • Agulhas long-billed lark • Benguela long-billed lark • Eastern long-billed lark • Karoo long-billed lark • Short-clawed lark

Chersomanes	Spike-heeled lark • Beesley's lark

Eremopterix	Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark • Black-eared sparrow-lark • Grey-backed sparrow-lark • Fischer's sparrow-lark • Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark • Black-crowned sparrow-lark • Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark

Ammomanes	Bar-tailed lark • Rufous-tailed lark • Desert lark • Gray's lark

Alaemon	Greater hoopoe-lark • Lesser hoopoe-lark

Ramphocoris	Thick-billed lark

Melanocorypha	Calandra lark • Bimaculated lark • Tibetan lark • Mongolian lark • White-winged lark • Black lark

Calandrella	Greater short-toed lark • Blanford's lark • Erlanger's lark • Red-capped lark • Hume's short-toed lark • Lesser short-toed lark • Asian short-toed lark • Sand lark • Somali short-toed lark (Athi short-toed lark)

Spizocorys	Pink-billed lark • Sclater's lark • Obbia lark • Masked lark • Botha's lark

Eremalauda	Stark's lark • Dunn's lark

Chersophilus	Dupont's lark

Galerida	Crested lark • Thekla lark • Malabar lark • Maghreb lark • Sun lark • Sykes's lark • Large-billed lark

Pseudalaemon	Short-tailed lark

Lullula	Woodlark

Alauda	Eurasian skylark • Japanese skylark • Oriental skylark • Raso lark

Eremophila	Horned lark • Temminck's lark

84 extant species in 20 genera

External links

Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds

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