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| - | [[Image:Chestnut-headed_Sparrow-Larkbarty63.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|barty63|barty63}}<br />Nairobi National Park, [[Kenya]]]] | + | [[Image:Chestnut-headed_Sparrow-Larkbarty63.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''harrisoni''<br />Photo by {{user|barty63|barty63}}<br />Nairobi National Park, [[Kenya]], June 2012]] |
| - | [[Image:Sparrow lark chestnut headed - murulle.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Murulle, South Omo, [[Ethiopia]], April 2011]] | + | |
| | ;[[:Category:Eremopterix|Eremopterix]] signatus | | ;[[:Category:Eremopterix|Eremopterix]] signatus |
| | ''Eremopterix signata'' | | ''Eremopterix signata'' |
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| | The adult male has a pure white patch on its crown (this varies in size between individuals). | | The adult male has a pure white patch on its crown (this varies in size between individuals). |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | + | [[Image:Sparrow lark chestnut headed - murulle.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''signatus''<br />Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Murulle, South Omo, [[Ethiopia]], April 2011]] |
| | Endemic to north-eastern [[Africa]], occuring in [[Kenya]], [[Somalia]], [[Ethiopia]] and Southern [[Sudan]]. | | Endemic to north-eastern [[Africa]], occuring in [[Kenya]], [[Somalia]], [[Ethiopia]] and Southern [[Sudan]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
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harrisoniPhoto by
barty63Nairobi National Park,
Kenya, June 2012
- Eremopterix signatus
Eremopterix signata
[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 north-eastern Africa, occuring in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Southern Sudan.
[edit] Taxonomy
[edit] Subspecies
Eremopterix signatus has two subspecies:[1]
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- South-eastern Sudan to north-western Kenya (west of Lake Turkana)
[edit] Habitat
Arid plains, often near water holes.
[edit] Behaviour
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
[edit] External Links