Pink-billed lark

The pink-billed lark (Spizocorys conirostris) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in southern Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Pink-billed lark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Spizocorys
Species:
S. conirostris
Binomial name
Spizocorys conirostris
(Sundevall, 1850)
Subspecies

See text

Range
Synonyms
  • Alauda conirostris
  • Calandrella conirostris

Taxonomy and systematics

The pink-billed lark was originally classified within the genus Alauda. Some authorities have placed the pink-billed lark in the genus Calandrella.[2]

Subspecies

Six subspecies are recognized:[3]

  • Damara pink-billed lark (S. c. damarensis) - Roberts, 1922: Alternately named Kenya short-toed lark (a name also used by the Athi short-toed lark). Found in north-western Namibia
  • S. c. crypta - (Irwin, 1957): Found in north-eastern Botswana
  • S. c. makawai - (Traylor, 1962): Found in western Zambia
  • S. c. harti - (Benson, 1964): Found in south-western Zambia
  • S. c. barlowi - Roberts, 1942: Found in southern Namibia, southern Botswana and north-western South Africa
  • S. c. conirostris - (Sundevall, 1850): Found in south-eastern Botswana, northern, central and eastern South Africa

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Spizocorys conirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  3. "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.


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