Larks (Alaudidae)
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix signatus) - HBW 9, p. 573
French: Moinelette d’Oustalet
German: Harlekinlerche
Spanish: Terrera Señalada
Other common names: Chestnut-headed Finch-lark
Taxonomy: Pyrrhulauda signata Oustalet, 1886, Somalia.
Relationships uncertain; suggested as forming a a superspecies with E. verticalis, sometimes expanded to include also E. nigriceps and E. leucopareia. Race harrisoni weakly differentiated, perhaps indistinguishable from nominate. Two subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- signatus (Oustalet, 1886) - E & S Ethiopia, N, C & S Somalia and E Kenya.
- harrisoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1900) - extreme SE Sudan and NW Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male displaying to a female on a dead shrub. Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya (ssp signatus)
Dave Jackson 18 November 2008 3 years ago 42 sec 4.7 -
A male displaying to a female on the ground Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya (ssp signatus)
Chris and Megan Perkins 31 March 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 4.7 -
Two females on the ground, feeding. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp signatus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 7 years ago 24 sec 4.6 -
A male on the ground, feeding. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp signatus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 7 years ago 46 sec 4.3 -
A female gathering nest material Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya (ssp signatus)
Chris and Megan Perkins 31 March 2006 5 years ago 35 sec 3.8
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female perched
Locality Bilen Lodge, Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp signatus)
Nik Borrow 17 November 2012 26 weeks ago 3.8 -
male perched
Locality Bilen Lodge, Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp signatus)
Nik Borrow 17 November 2012 26 weeks ago 3.6 -
On the ground
Locality Basaka (Metehara) Lake, Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 13 February 2010 2 years ago 3 -
A male in an acacia.
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp signatus)
Ken Havard 10 November 2011 1 year ago 2.3 -
A female on the ground.
Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp signatus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 December 2005 3 years ago 1 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp signatus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 December 2005 3 years ago 1
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