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Spike-heeled lark

C. a. erikssoni in Etosha National Park
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Chersomanes
Species:	C. albofasciata
Binomial name
*Chersomanes albofasciata* (Lafresnaye, 1836)
Subspecies
See text

resident range
Synonyms
Certhilauda albofasciata Chersomanes garrula Chersomanes rufulus

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

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

Taxonomy and systematics

Originally, the spike-heeled lark was considered to belong to the genus Certhilauda (as C. albofasciata). Alternately, it has been called the rufous long-billed lark.

Subspecies

Presently, ten subspecies are recognized. Additionally, Beesley's lark was also formerly classified as a subspecies of the spike-heeled lark.

Benguella rufous long-billed lark (C. a. obscurata) - Hartert, 1907: Found in south-western and central Angola
Ovampo rufous long-billed lark (C. a. erikssoni) - (Hartert, 1907): Found in northern Namibia
C. a. kalahariae - (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Certhilauda. Found in southern and western Botswana, northern South Africa
C. a. boweni - (Meyer de Schauensee, 1931): Found in north-western Namibia
Damara rufous long-billed lark (C. a. arenaria) - (Reichenow, 1904): Found in southern Namibia and south-western South Africa
C. a. barlowi - White, CMN, 1961: Found in eastern Botswana
C. a. alticola - Roberts, 1932: Found in north-eastern South Africa
Rufous long-billed lark (C. a. albofasciata) - (Lafresnaye, 1836): Found in south-eastern Botswana to central South Africa
C. a. garrula - (Smith, A, 1846): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Certhilauda. Found in western South Africa
C. a. macdonaldi - (Winterbottom, 1958): Found in southern South Africa

Gallery

A pair in flight
C. albofasciata alticola at Suikerbosrand, Gauteng
C. a. kalahariae in the Kgalagadi T. F. Park

References

^ BirdLife International (2017). "Chersomanes albofasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22717188A118706767. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717188A118706767.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
"Chersomanes albofasciata - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
"IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
"Chersomanes beesleyi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

External links

Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds

v t e Larks (Family: Alaudidae)
Genus	Species
Alaemon	Greater hoopoe-lark Lesser hoopoe-lark
Chersomanes	Beesley's lark Spike-heeled lark
Ammomanopsis	Gray's lark
Certhilauda	Short-clawed lark Karoo long-billed lark Benguela long-billed lark Eastern long-billed lark Cape long-billed lark Agulhas long-billed lark
Pinarocorys	Dusky lark Rufous-rumped lark
Ramphocoris	Thick-billed lark
Ammomanes	Desert lark Bar-tailed lark Rufous-tailed lark
Eremopterix	Black-eared sparrow-lark Madagascar lark Black-crowned sparrow-lark Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark Grey-backed sparrow-lark Fischer's sparrow-lark
Calendulauda	Sabota lark Pink-breasted lark Foxy lark Fawn-coloured lark Karoo lark Red lark Dune lark Barlow's lark
Heteromirafra	Rudd's lark Archer's lark
Mirafra	Eastern clapper lark Cape clapper lark Red-winged lark Rufous-naped lark Flappet lark Angola lark Williams's lark Monotonous lark Melodious lark Horsfield's bush lark Singing bush lark Burmese bush lark Bengal bush lark Indochinese bush lark Indian bush lark Jerdon's bush lark Gillett's lark (Degodi lark) Rusty bush lark Collared lark Ash's lark Somali lark Friedmann's lark Kordofan lark White-tailed lark
Lullula	Woodlark
Spizocorys	Obbia lark Sclater's lark Stark's lark Short-tailed lark Masked lark Botha's lark Pink-billed lark
Alauda	White-winged lark Raso lark Oriental skylark Eurasian skylark
Galerida	Sykes's lark Sun lark Large-billed lark Thekla's lark Crested lark Malabar lark Maghreb lark
Eremophila	Horned lark Temminck's lark
Calandrella	Hume's short-toed lark Mongolian short-toed lark Erlanger's lark Blanford's lark Red-capped lark Greater short-toed lark
Melanocorypha	Bimaculated lark Calandra lark Black lark Mongolian lark Tibetan lark
Chersophilus	Dupont's lark
Eremalauda	Dunn's lark Arabian lark
Alaudala	Athi short-toed lark Asian short-toed lark Somali short-toed lark Mediterranean short-toed lark Turkestan short-toed lark Sand lark

Taxon identifiers
Chersomanes albofasciata	Wikidata: Q63671 Wikispecies: Chersomanes albofasciata ADW: Chersomanes_albofasciata BirdLife: 22717188 BOW: sphlar1 CoL: TY8H eBird: sphlar1 GBIF: 2490687 iNaturalist: 204483 IRMNG: 11324373 ITIS: 559185 IUCN: 22717188 NCBI: 215321 Observation.org: 77652 Open Tree of Life: 156654 Xeno-canto: Chersomanes-albofasciata

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