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Dusky Lark

Pinarocorys nigricans

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesGrasslandCavity nestSmall · 38 g
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 1
Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 2
Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 3
Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 4
Photo: Timothy Whitehead · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 5
Photo: Timothy Whitehead · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 6
Photo: Justin Ponder · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 7
Photo: Ryan van Huyssteen · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 8
Photo: Christiaan Viljoen · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 9
Photo: Derek Keats · CC BY 2.0
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), photo 10
Photo: Christiaan Viljoen · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Dusky Lark

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dusky Lark

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe Zambia Angola Mozambique Tanzania Congo - Kinshasa

Recorded as a rare visitor in Eswatini.

About the Dusky Lark

The dusky lark, also known as the dusky bush lark or rufous-rumped bush lark, is a species of migratory lark in the family Alaudidae. It is native to southern Central Africa.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Rufous-rumped Lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygiaThe rufous-rumped lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.

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