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Ammomanopsis grayi (Gray's Lark)

Synonyms: Alauda grayi; Ammomanes grayi

Wikipedia Abstract

Gray's lark (Ammomanes grayi) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Angola and Namibia where its natural habitat is hot deserts.
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Infraspecies

Ammomanopsis grayi grayi
Ammomanopsis grayi hoeschi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.2897
EDGE Score: 2.90634
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  21 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2.6 grams
Female Weight [1]  20 grams
Male Weight [1]  23 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  15 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  40 %
Diet - Plants [3]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  50 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  2
Incubation [4]  12 days
Mating System [2]  Monogamy

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Kaokoveld desert Namibia, Angola Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Namib desert Namibia Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Iona National Park 3743647 Namibe, Angola      
Namib-Naukluft National Park II 12585619 Namibia  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Brandberg mountain Namibia A2, A3
Iona National Park Angola A1, A2, A3
Namib-Naukluft Park Namibia A1, A2, A3, A4i
Sperrgebiet Namibia A1, A2, A3, A4i

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0