Sclater's Lark

The Sclater's Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Sclater's Lark is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Sclater's Lark (Spizocorys sclateri) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Spizocorys sclateri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Stub icon This Alaudidae-related article is a stub. More

Largely restricted to this region, Sclater's Lark is one of our target specials! It is unique among larks in that it lays only one egg, a phenomenon shared by several other unrelated species (such as Double-banded Courser and Karoo Korhaan) that co-habit its harsh habitat. More

main target bird in this area was Sclater's Lark, and there was still enough time for a short try for it before dusk. I took the dirt road northeast from the town towards Van Wyksvlei, taking the left-hand road where the road splits into 3, just after a bridge. Some 10 km further along this road is a flat sparsely vegetated gravel plain on the left (west) hand side of the road - prime Sclater's habitat. More

had seen good numbers of Sclater's Larks, so he had promised to try to find out where they had seen them. Unfortunately, I really should have phoned him the previous night, because it transpired that they had been seen at some roadside drinking pools about 36 km south of Kenhardt. More

Finding Sclater's Lark | Undiscovered Canaries in Bushmanland | Select Specials - This website is maintained by Birding Africa. Please do not use any text, images or content from this site without permission. More

Sclater's Lark is a nomadic species, and is found on stony plains with only scattered, low bushes. One of the best ways to see it is to wait at a water trough below a windmill in the vicinity of this harsh terrain, and small groups and pairs will come to drink once the day begins to warm up. More

SCLATER'S LARK BREEDING IN MAY = We went today to a farm adjacent to Steenbokkie Private Nature Reserve to see if we could find some Sclater's Lark. Within about 30 minutes we located a pair of Sclater's Larks busy building a nest. It was very interesting to watch them getting grass to line the nest and one, probably the male, "feeling" little stones to pack around the nest. More