Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Liben Lark, Sidamo bushlark, Sidamo Lark, Sidamo long-clawed lark
Common Names in French:
Alouette d'Erard
Common Names in German:
Sidamospornlerche
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
All reliable records
appear to fall
within or near grassland areas4.
Recent sightings have been in grassland with a few scattered
Acacia
bushes2. A possible sighting in 1971 in dense Acacia
woodland seems doubtful4. It has been found to
avoid woody vegetation, very short grass
and bare ground
(all symptomatic
of degraded rangelands), and to favour a grass sward of intermediate
height
(5-15 cm)12. It has never been recorded
from croplands12.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
()
- Family:
Alaudidae
()
- Genus:
Heteromirafra
()
- C.H.B. Grant, 1913
- Specific name:
sidamoensis
- (Erard) 1975
- Scientific name: - Heteromirafra sidamoensis Erard, 1975 (Erard) 1975
- Specific name:
sidamoensis
- (Erard) 1975
- Genus:
Heteromirafra
(
- Family:
Alaudidae
(
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Heteromirafra sidamoensis Erard, 1975
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Heteromirafra
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. archeri (Somali Long-Clawed Lark) · H. ruddi (South African Long-Clawed Lark) · H. sidamoensis (Liben Lark)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Heteromirafra sidamoensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2010. Heteromirafra sidamoensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6395
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-560427
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 560427
- IUCN ID: 213972
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5876
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2010. Heteromirafra sidamoensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
