Long-billed Lark

Long-billed Lark
Long-billed Lark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Certhilauda
Species: C. curvirostris
Binomial name
Certhilauda curvirostris
(Hermann, 1783)

The Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda curvirostris), also known as the Cape Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are semi-arid Karoo shrub and subtropical dry shrubland and subtropical or dry lowland and highveld grassland. This lark is also found in croplands, farmlands and coastal fynbos.

There are 5 races:

  • Cape Long-billed Lark
  • Agulhas Long-billed Lark
  • Karoo Long-billed Lark
  • Benguela Long-billed Lark
  • Eastern Long-billed Lark

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