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(Redirected from Eremopterix leucopareia) Species of bird

Fischer's sparrow-lark
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix
Species: E. leucopareia
Binomial name
Eremopterix leucopareia
(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Coraphites leucopareia

Fischer's sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia) or Fischer's finch-lark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. It is found from central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

This inconspicuous dull-coloured bird somewhat resembles a finch. It can be distinguished from the similar chestnut-headed sparrow-lark by the absence of a white patch on the crown of its head. It is found on short grass plains where it congregates in large flocks except during the breeding season.

The common name of the bird commemorates the German explorer Gustav Fischer.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Eremopterix leucopareia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717207A94524413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717207A94524413.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. "Kenya Birds". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Birds? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 127–128.

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Taxon identifiers
Eremopterix leucopareia


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