Sabota lark
| Sabota lark | |
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| C. s. waibeli | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calendulauda |
| Species: | C. sabota |
| Binomial name | |
| Calendulauda sabota (Smith, 1836) | |
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The sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in southern Africa in its natural habitats of dry savannah, moist savannah, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Taxonomy and systematics
Formerly, the Sabota lark was classified as belonging to the genus Mirafra until moved to Calendulauda in 2009.[2] Not all authorities have followed this re-classification.[3]
Subspecies
Nine subspecies are recognized:[4]
- Congo Sabota lark (C. s. plebeja) - (Cabanis, 1875): Found on the Cabinda coast (north-western Angola)
- Benguella Sabota lark (C. s. ansorgei) - (Sclater, WL, 1926): Found in western Angola
- Bradfield's lark (C. s. naevia) - (Strickland, 1853): Found in north-western Namibia. It has a larger bill than the other subspecies of C. sabota. Formerly, some authorities considered Bradfield's lark to be a separate species (as Calendulauda naevia or Mirafra naevia), although it is now generally considered to be a subspecies of C. sabota.[1] Several other terms have been used to name this subspecies including Damaraland Sabota lark, Large-billed lark (not to be confused with another species of the same name Galerida magnirostris) and Somali fawn-coloured lark.[5]
- Ovampo Sabota lark (C. s. waibeli) - (Grote, 1922): Found in northern Namibia and northern Botswana
- C. s. herero - (Roberts, 1936): Found in southern and eastern Namibia, north-western South Africa. Confusingly, this subspecies is also sometimes referred to as Bradfield's Lark.
- C. s. sabota - (Smith, 1836): Found in eastern Botswana, central Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa
- C. s. sabotoides - (Roberts, 1932): Found in central and southern Botswana, western Zimbabwe and northern South Africa
- C. s. suffusca - (Clancey, 1958): Found in south-eastern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa
- C. s. bradfieldi - (Roberts, 1928): Found in central South Africa.
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Mirafra sabota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ↑ "Calendulauda sabota - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
- ↑ "Calendulauda naevia - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
External links
- Species factsheet - BirdLife International
- Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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