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Lesser hoopoe lark

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Alaemon

Higher classification
  
Alaemon

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Alaudidae

Scientific name
  
Alaemon hamertoni

Rank
  
Species

Lesser hoopoe-lark

Similar
  
Obbia lark, Somali lark, Masked lark, Ash's lark, Blanford's lark

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.

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Taxonomy and systematics

The lesser hoopoe-lark has alternately been named Witherby's lark.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:

  • 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

    Lesser hoopoe-lark Wikipedia
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