Larks (Alaudidae)
Dune Lark (Calendulauda erythrochlamys) - HBW 9, p. 560
French: Alouette à dos roux
German: Rotdünenlerche
Spanish: Alondra de las Dunas
Other common names: Aristida Lark, Red-backed Lark
Taxonomy: Alauda erythrochlamys Strickland, 1853, near Walvis Bay, Damaraland, Namibia.
Forms a superspecies with C. burra, C. albescens and C. barlowi; is sister-species to last of those, and no known range overlap between the two. Monotypic.
Distribution: WC Namibia: between R Kuiseb (Walvis Bay) and R Koichab (Lüderitz).
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An individual digging for food in sand Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 9 years ago 28 sec 4.8 -
An individual digging for food in sand Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 9 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
An individual digging for food in sand Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 9 years ago 26 sec 4.4 -
A bird calling and feeding on a dune Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 20 January 2007 4 years ago 31 sec 4.2
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A bird foraging.
Locality Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 5 January 2011 9 weeks ago 4 -
A bird feeding on a dune
Locality Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Aleix Comas 22 August 2007 2 years ago 3.7 -
Walking in its habitat.
Locality Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 5 January 2011 9 weeks ago 3.2
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Dune Lark site near Walvis Bay Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 12 November 2009 2 years ago 4
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