Gray's Lark - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Alastair Rae
Namibia, November 2006

Ammomanopsis grayi

Ammomanes grayi

Identification

14 cm

Distribution

Western Africa: found from Angola to Namibia.

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in the genus Ammomanes.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized¹:

• A. g. hoeschi:

• Sandy deserts of extreme south-western Angola to northern Namibia (Cape Cross)

• A. g. grayi:

• Western Namibia (Cape Cross to southern edge of Namib Desert)

Habitat

Deserts, gravelly plains and salt flats.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consist mostly of seeds and insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray's Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray%27s_Lark

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