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Pink-billed Lark

Spizocorys conirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsGrasslandScrapeTiny · 14 g
Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 1
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Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 2
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY 4.0
Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 3
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY 4.0
Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 4
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Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 5
Photo: Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 6
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Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 7
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 8
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 9
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris), photo 10
Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Voice: Twelve types of vocalizations have been recorded. Nestling begging call: nestlings hiss or peep when they see a parent flying toward the nest.

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When to see the Pink-billed Lark

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pink-billed Lark

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Namibia Zambia Botswana Lesotho

About the Pink-billed Lark

The pink-billed lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in southern Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is described as having a low breeding success rate.

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Easily confused with

Stark's Lark (Spizocorys starki) Stark's LarkSpizocorys starkiIt is a pale medium-small lark with a pale, stout bill that appears slightly swollen. Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) Short-tailed LarkSpizocorys fremantliiThe short-tailed lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. Sclater's Lark (Spizocorys sclateri) Sclater's LarkSpizocorys sclateriSclater's lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.

Side by side: Pink-billed Lark vs Stark's Lark

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