Larks (Alaudidae)

Sclater's Lark (Spizocorys sclateri) - HBW 9, p. 592

French: Alouette de Sclater German: Ammernlerche Spanish: Alondra de Sclater
Other common names: Sclater’s Short-toed Lark

Taxonomy: Calandrella sclateri Shelley, 1902, Hauntop River, Maltahöhe, Namibia.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with S. conirostris. In South Africa, birds from Bushmanland (c. 40 km E of Pofadder) described as race theresae and others from SE as capensis, but both regarded as inadequately differentiated. Best treated as monotypic.

Distribution: Nama Karoo of S Namibia and W South Africa.