Red-capped Lark

Calandrella cinerea - Alouette cendrille

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Alaudidés
Genus
:
Calandrella
Species
:
cinerea

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics

Size
: 15 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 20 à 26 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea) is a species of bird in the Alaudidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Calandrella cinerea cinerea (s, c Namibia, s Botswana, Zimbabwe, s Africa)
Calandrella cinerea rufipecta ()
Calandrella cinerea williamsi (c Kenya)
Calandrella cinerea saturatior (Uganda and w Kenya s to Angola, ne Namibia, n Botswana and Zambia)
Calandrella cinerea spleniata (wc Angola to wc Namibia)

Foreign names

Alouette cendrille,
Terrera capirotada,
calhandrinha-de-barrete-vermelho,
Rotkappenlerche,
Roodkapleeuwerik,
Calandrella capirossa,
rödkronad lärka,
Rustdverglerke,
škovránka čiapočkatá,
skřivánek rudotemenný,
Rødisset Lærke,
punalakkikiuru,
Rooikoplewerik,
terrerola de casquet,
skowrończyk rdzawołbisty,
rudgalvas cīrulis,
Обыкновенный малый жаворонок,
アフリカヒメコウテンシ,
红顶短趾百灵,
短趾百靈,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology et National Audubon Society
Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest