Larks (Alaudidae)
Short-tailed Lark (Pseudalaemon fremantlii) - HBW 9, p. 593
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 Enlarge map
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one creeps through vegetation, finds a place to dig and does so (they appeared to be eating very small tubers dug up from the ro Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp megaensis)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 1 min 26 sec 4.8 -
one creeping over the short vegetation looking for a suitable place to use that impressive bill Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp megaensis)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 4.6 -
two birds dust bathing Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp megaensis)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
two birds dust bathing, one has a good shake afterwards Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp megaensis)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4.1 -
A bird on the ground, looking up. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp megaensis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 6 years ago 25 sec 4.1 -
A bird on the ground, running. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp megaensis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 6 years ago 19 sec 3.2
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Foraging in short grass.
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp megaensis)
David Beadle 30 January 2009 18 weeks ago 4 -
one of nine species of lark found at this site.
Locality Angyata Osugat, Arusha Region, Tanzania
M P Goodey 1 February 2007 1 year ago 3 -
A handsome Short-tailed Lark checking out the zenith for predators
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Christian Boix Hinzen 16 November 2009 3 years ago 3
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