Larks

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Eremopterix leucotis

The Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis) is a 16 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. Some populations migrate.

Family

Larks

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

16 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

26

Recorded in South Africa, Namibia, Senegal, Gambia, Nigeria, Botswana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Benin, Chad, Cameroon, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Somalia, Lesotho, Eritrea, eSwatini.

Where to see it: Gonse (Burkina Faso); Niono & L'Office Niger area (Mali); Waza NP (Cameroon); Sanbrado (Burkina Faso); Awash NP (Please use more specific hotspot) (Ethiopia).

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