Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Alaudidae > Spizocorys > Spizocorys starkiSpizocorys starki (Stark's Lark)Synonyms: Eremalauda starki Stark's lark (Spizocorys starki) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Captain George Shelley named the species in honour of Arthur Stark. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 10.6419 EDGE Score: 2.45461 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 19 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 70 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 2 | | Incubation [3] | 12 days | | Mating System [5] | Monogamy |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Angolan Mopane woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kalahari xeric savanna |
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kaokoveld desert |
Namibia, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Nama Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Namib desert |
Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Namibian savanna woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Succulent Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Augrabies Falls National Park |
South Africa |
A3 |
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Bitterputs Conservation Area (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Brandberg mountain |
Namibia |
A2, A3 |
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Epupa: Ruacana |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Etosha National Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Haramoep and Black Mountain Mine Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Hobatere |
Namibia |
A2, A3 |
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Iona National Park |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kalahari-Gemsbok National Park |
South Africa |
A3 |
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Mattheus-Gat Conservation Area (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Namib-Naukluft Park |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Sperrgebiet |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Succulent Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
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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 ♦ 2Hamish 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 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Jetz 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 ♦ 5Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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