Lesser hoopoe-lark
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Alaemon |
Species: | A. hamertoni
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Binomial name | |
Alaemon hamertoni Witherby, 1905
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The lesser hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is endemic to Somalia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Taxonomy and systematics
The lesser hoopoe-lark has alternately been named Witherby's lark.[2]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:[3]
- Warangeli lesser hoopoe-lark (A. a. alter) - Witherby, 1905: Found in northern and north-eastern Somalia
- Burao lesser hoopoe-lark (A. a. tertius) - Clarke, S, 1919: Found in north-western Somalia
- A. a. hamertoni - Witherby, 1905: Found in central Somalia
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Alaemon hamertoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ "Alaemon hamertoni - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.