Larks

Short-tailed Lark

Spizocorys fremantlii

The Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) is a 23 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. Some populations migrate.

Family

Larks

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

23 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia.

Where to see it: Amboseli NP (Kenya); Nairobi NP (General) (Kenya); Serengeti NP (Tanzania); Arusha NP (Tanzania); Ngorongoro Conservation Area · Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania).

Photo: (c) Brian Henderson, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist