Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Alaudidae > Pseudalaemon > Pseudalaemon fremantliiPseudalaemon fremantlii (Short-tailed Lark)Synonyms: Spizocorys fremantlii (homotypic); Spizocorys fremantlii fremantlii; Spizocorys fremantlii megaensis The short-tailed lark (Pseudalaemon fremantlii) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pseudalaemon. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.9368 EDGE Score: 2.07151 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 23 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 22 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 25 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 13.6 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 60 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 3 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Hobyo grasslands and shrublands |
Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Somali montane xeric woodlands |
Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Ceel Hammure |
Somalia |
A1, A3 |
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Daalo |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dida Galgalu desert |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gacan Libaax |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Jasiira lagoon and Muqdisho islets |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Lascaanod: Taleex: Ceel Chebet |
Somalia |
A1, A3 |
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Longido Game Controlled Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nairobi National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Serengeti National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Tarangire National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Xarardheere: Awale Rugno |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yabello Sanctuary |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
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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. 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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