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Eremopterix signatus

Eremopterix signata

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[edit] Identification

This is a very distinctive Sparrow-Lark. The adult male has a pure white patch on its crown (this varies in size between individuals).

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to NE Africa, occuring in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Southern Sudan.

[edit] Taxonomy

Eremopterix signatus has two subspecies:^[1]

• E. s. signatus

• Extreme south-eastern Sudan to south-eastern Ethiopia and Somalia

• E. s. harrisoni

• South-eastern Sudan to north-western Kenya (west of Lake Turkana)

[edit] Habitat

Arid plains, often near water holes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

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