Larks (Alaudidae)
Sun Lark (Galerida modesta) - HBW 9, p. 597
French: Cochevis modeste
German: Sonnenlerche
Spanish: Cogujada Modesta
Taxonomy: Galerida modesta Heuglin, 1864, Bongo, Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan.
Has been considered to form a superspecies with G. magnirostris, also including Pseudalaemon fremantlii when that placed in present genus, but differences appear too great for such treatment to be warranted. Birds from Burkina Faso E to W Sudan named as race giffardi (often erroneously spelt as giffordi), but indistinguishable from nominate. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- modesta Heuglin, 1864 - S Senegambia, S Mali and N Ivory Coast E to SW & S Sudan.
- nigrita (Grote, 1920) - Guinea and N Sierra Leone.
- struempelli (Reichenow, 1910) - highlands of N Cameroon.
- bucolica (Hartlaub, 1887) - SE Central African Republic, NE DRCongo and extreme NW Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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in a ploughed field, looking around Locality Lake Dang, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp modesta)
Martin Kennewell 15 March 2009 2 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
one in field, shuffling around, and doing a pooh Locality Lake Dang, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp modesta)
Martin Kennewell 15 March 2009 2 years ago 43 sec 3.3 -
two birds feeding, then separate views of each Locality Lake Dang, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp modesta)
Martin Kennewell 15 March 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 3.3 -
A bird on the ground and flying away Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp modesta)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 4 years ago 37 sec 2.5
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Adult perched
Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp struempelli)
Nik Borrow 16 March 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2
- No sound recordings available yet
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