Larks (Alaudidae) - HBW 9
Grey-backed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis)
French: Moinelette à dos gris
German: Graurückenlerche
Spanish: Terrera Dorsigrís
Other common names: Grey-backed Finch-lark
Taxonomy: Megalotis verticalis A. Smith, 1836, Colesberg, Orange River, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Relationships uncertain; suggested as forming a superspecies with E. signatus, sometimes expanded to include also E. nigriceps and E. leucopareia. Precise breeding ranges of races inadequately understood; birds breeding in SW Zambia of uncertain racial identity; presumably include harti, but all four races recorded in that country. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- damarensis Roberts, 1931 - coastal Angola (including Cabinda), Namibia, W Botswana and NW South Africa; periodic eruptions E to W Zambia and W Zimbabwe.
- harti Benson & Irwin, 1965 - W Zambia.
- khama Irwin, 1957 - NE Botswana and W Zimbabwe; periodic eruptions NE to W Zambia.
- verticalis (A. Smith, 1836) - SW Zimbabwe, SE Botswana and South Africa (except NW); periodic eruptions N to W Zambia.
- Least Concern
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A female feeding on the ground Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Aleix Comas 22 August 2007 15 weeks ago 3.7
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Large flock at waterhole. 8:48am. Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
(ssp damarensis)
Charles Hesse 16 November 2009 13 weeks ago 2
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