Pink-billed lark

Pink-billed lark
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Spizocorys
Species:	S. conirostris
Binomial name
Spizocorys conirostris (Sundevall, 1850)
Subspecies
see text
range
Synonyms
Alauda conirostris Calandrella conirostris Pink billed lark Pinkbilled lark

The pink-billed lark (Spizocorys conirostris) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family found in southern Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Taxonomy and systematics

The pink-billed lark was originally classified within the genus Alauda. Some authorities have placed the pink-billed lark in the genus Calandrella.^[2]

Subspecies

Six subspecies are recognized:^[3]

• Damara pink-billed lark (S. c. damarensis) or Kenya short-toed lark - Roberts, 1922: Found in north-western Namibia
• S. c. crypta - (Irwin, 1957): Found in north-eastern Botswana
• S. c. makawai - (Traylor, 1962): Found in western Zambia
• S. c. harti - (Benson, 1964): Found in south-western Zambia
• S. c. barlowi - Roberts, 1942: Found in southern Namibia, southern Botswana and north-western South Africa
• S. c. conirostris - (Sundevall, 1850): Found in south-eastern Botswana, northern, central and eastern South Africa

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Spizocorys conirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. "Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
3. "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.

External links

• Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds