Rufous-rumped Lark

Pinarocorys erythropygia

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestSmall · 30 g

When to see the Rufous-rumped Lark

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-rumped Lark

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Niger, Sudan.

About the Rufous-rumped Lark

The rufous-rumped lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in western and central Africa from Mali, Guinea and Sierra Leone to eastern Sudan, South Sudan and north-western Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savannah.

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Easily confused with

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