Fawn-coloured lark
The fawn-coloured lark or fawn-coloured bush-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
Formerly, the fawn-coloured lark was classified as belonging to the genus Mirafra until moved to Calendulauda in 2009.Subspecies
Eight subspecies are recognised:C. a. intercedens – east, south Ethiopia and west Somalia to east Uganda, Kenya and north TanzaniaC. a. alopex – extreme east Ethiopia and north SomaliaC. a. trapnelli – southeast Angola and southwest ZambiaC. a. harei – central Namibia to southwest Botswana and northwest South AfricaC. a. makarikari – southwest Angola and north Namibia to west Zambia and north, central BotswanaC. a. sarwensis – west Botswana, east Namibia and central north South AfricaC. a. vincenti – central Zimbabwe and south MozambiqueC. a. africanoides – south Namibia, south, east Botswana, southwest Zimbabwe and north South AfricaThe subspecies C. a. intercedens and C. a. alopex were formerly separated as the foxy lark. They were lumped with the fawn-colored lark based on the results of a large 2024 molecular genetic study of the Alaudidae by Per Alström and collaborators that found only shallow genetic divergence.