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Cape Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda curvirostris)

Cape Long-billed Lark
Photo: Timothy Whitehead via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Cape Long-billed Lark

The Cape long-billed lark (Certhilauda curvirostris), also known as the Cape lark, Cape longbill or long-billed lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-western Africa. Its natural habitats are semi-arid Karoo shrub and subtropical dry shrubland and subtropical or dry lowland and highveld grassland. This lark is also found in croplands, farmlands and coastal fynbos.

Source: Cape long-billed lark on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 14 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-ND · 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.