Larks (Alaudidae)
Short-tailed Lark (Pseudalaemon fremantlii)
French: Cochevis à queue courte German: Bartlerche Spanish: Alondra Colicorta
Taxonomy:
Calendula fremantlii E. L. Phillips, 1897, Gedais, Somalia.
Peculiar lark of uncertain affinities. Has sometimes been placed in genus Galerida, and considered by some to form a superspecies with G. modesta and G. magnirostris, but differences too great for such treatment to be warranted. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fremantlii (E. L. Phillips, 1897) - Somalia and SE Ethiopia.
- megaensis Benson, 1946 - S Ethiopia and N Kenya.
- delamerei Sharpe, 1900 - S Kenya and N Tanzania.
- Least Concern
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Two birds on the ground Yabello, Ethiopia (megaensis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 3 years ago 18 sec 3.3 -
A bird on the ground, looking up Yabello, Ethiopia (megaensis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 3 years ago 23 sec 3.3 -
A bird on the ground, running Yabello, Ethiopia (megaensis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 3 years ago 17 sec 3.3
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A handsome Short-tailed Lark checking out the zenith for predators Yabello, Ethiopia
Christian Boix Hin... 16 November 2009 12 weeks ago 3
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