Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Lark-like Bunting (Emberiza impetuani) - HBW 16, p. 521
French: Bruant des rochers
German: Lerchenammer
Spanish: Escribano Alaudino
Taxonomy: Emberiza impetuani A. Smith, 1836, “country between Nu. Gariep and Tropic” = east Botswana.
Proposed race eremica (described from near Otjiwarongo, NC Namibia) subsumed into nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- impetuani A. Smith, 1836 - Angola (coastal plain S of Luanda, also locally in Moxico), Namibia, NW South Africa and W Botswana, occasionally irrupting E to Zimbabwe and N South Africa (Limpopo Province).
- sloggetti (Macdonald, 1957) - W South Africa, occasionally irrupting E to Mpumalanga, Swaziland, Lesotho and S KwaZulu-Natal.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A group of birds on a drinking trough Locality Karas Region, Namibia (ssp impetuani)
Fran Trabalon 27 November 2011 1 year ago 8 sec 4 -
A bird standing and preening on a rock. Locality Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp impetuani)
Fran Trabalon 4 November 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 3.6
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