Pink-breasted Lark (Calendulauda poecilosterna)
About the Pink-breasted Lark
The pink-breasted lark (Calendulauda poecilosterna) or pink-breasted bushlark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. This species was originally classified in the genus Alauda and then Mirafra until moved to the new genus Calendulauda in 2009 by the IOC. Not all authorities have followed this taxonomy change. The pink-breasted lark is estimated to have a global extent of occurrence of 560,000 km2, covering a broad range from south-eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia through Kenya to southern Somalia, north-eastern Tanzania and eastern Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savannah, open bush and wooded areas, in particular dry acacia and Commiphora scrub.
A real field recording of the Pink-breasted Lark. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Kenya, Tanzania · xeno-canto lists 39 recordings for this species in total.
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- Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescensprofile
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Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.