Rufous Short-toed Lark

Rufous Short-toed Lark

Taxobox
name = Rufous Short-toed Lark


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Alaudidae
genus = "Calandrella"
species = "C. somalica"
binomial = "Calandrella somalica"
binomial_authority = (Sharpe, 1895)
synonyms = The Rufous Short-toed Lark ("Calandrella somalica"), also known as the Somali Short-toed Lark, is a small passerine bird.

This lark is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzaniain subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

The subspecies "C. a. athensis", endemic to Kenya, is sometimes split as the Athi Short-toed Lark, "Calandrella athensis" (Sharpe, 1900).

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52896/all Calandrella somalica] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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