Red-capped lark

Red-capped lark
Mapungubwe, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Calandrella
Species:
C. cinerea
Binomial name
Calandrella cinerea
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Subspecies

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Map showing the distribution in Africa
  Approximate range
Synonyms
  • Alauda cinerea
  • Calandrella brachydactyla cinerea

The red-capped lark (Calandrella cinerea) is a small passerine bird that breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and Somaliland. In the south, its range stretches across the continent to Angola and south to the Cape in South Africa.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Calandrella cinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103766143A119720449. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103766143A119720449.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.