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DesertDomed nestSmall · 30 g
When to see the Karoo Lark
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Karoo Lark
The map shades 1 country 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Namibia.
About the Karoo Lark
The Karoo lark or red-backed lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is endemic to South Africa where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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Easily confused with
Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosternaThe pink-breasted lark or pink-breasted bushlark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae.
Dune LarkCalendulauda erythrochlamysThe dune lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.
Red LarkCalendulauda burraThe red lark, also known as the ferruginous lark or ferruginous sand-lark, is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.
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