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Spike-heeled Lark

Chersomanes albofasciata

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesGrasslandCup nestSmall · 25 g
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 1
Photo: Diego Rubolini · CC BY 4.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 2
Photo: Diego Rubolini · CC BY 4.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 3
Photo: Ryan van Huyssteen · CC BY 4.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 4
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 5
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 6
Photo: Diego Rubolini · CC BY 4.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 7
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 8
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 9
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata), photo 10
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0

When to see the Spike-heeled Lark

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

Where to see the Spike-heeled 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 Botswana Angola Lesotho

About the Spike-heeled Lark

The spike-heeled lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern Africa.

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

Easily confused with

Beesley's Lark (Chersomanes beesleyi) Beesley's LarkChersomanes beesleyiBeesley’s Larks show some slender, decurved bills, and can be identified by their whitish napes, general structure and size, but also by their vocalizations and behavior.

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