Sun Lark - BirdForum Opus

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Galerida modesta

Photo by jc122463
Cameroon, February 2008

Identification

Length 14-15 cm. A medium-sized lark with a dark, streaked back and heavily streaked breast; shows rufous in the wing when in flight. Bold, creamy supercilia meet on the nape, isolating the streaked cap. Short crest, frequently raised.

Distribution

Africa: Senegambia to southern Sudan and northern Uganda.

Taxonomy

Galerida modesta has four subspecies:^[1]

• G. m. nigrita

• Senegambia to Sierra Leone and Mali

• G. m. modesta

• Burkina Faso to northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad and western Sudan

• G. m. struempelli

• Cameroon

• G. m. bucolica

• Northern DRC to western Uganda

Habitat

Dry grassland, open savanna and cultivated lands.

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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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sun Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sun_Lark

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