Masked Lark

Spizocorys personata Sharpe, 1895

Alaudidae — Larks

Masked Lark, Spizocorys personata, is a lark in the family Alaudidae that breeds in Ethiopia and Kenya. It was described by Sharpe in 1895. Some authorities place it in the genus Calandrella. Four subspecies are recognised: personata in eastern Ethiopia, yavelloensis in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya, mcchesneyi on the Marsabit Plateau in northern Kenya, and intensa in central Kenya. Its range is linked with dry shrubland and dry lowland grassland.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Alaudidae — Larks
Breeding range
Africa: Ethiopia and Kenya
Masked Lark
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