Karoo Long-billed Lark - BirdForum Opus

Certhilauda subcoronata

Photo by Mybs
Photo taken: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Uploaded to the Gallery as the pre-split C. curvirostris. This is a Karoo Lark, eastern subspecies.

Identification

Length 18-22 cm, mass 35-47 cm. A large lark with a long, decurved bill. Upper parts are dark brown in the south to reddish in the north, streaked darker; streaking more marked in the south. Under parts whitish, streaked dark brown on the breast.

Distribution

Inland central and southern Namibia and western South Africa.

Taxonomy

Certhilauda subcoronata has four subspecies:^1,2

• C. s. bradshawi

• Southern Namibia and north-western Northern Cape Province (South Africa)

• C. s. damarensis

• West-central Namibia

• C. s. subcoronata

• Inland western South Africa

• C. s. gilli

• Inland south-western South Africa

Habitat

Semi-arid shrublands and grassy shrublands (karroid vegetation); usually rocky or stony areas.

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. Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Karoo Long-billed Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Karoo_Long-billed_Lark

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