Lesser hoopoe-lark
(Redirected from
Alaemon hamertoni
)
Lesser hoopoe-lark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Alaemon |
Species: | A. hamertoni
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Binomial name | |
Alaemon hamertoni Witherby, 1905
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Subspecies | |
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resident range |
The lesser hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni) is a species of
Alaudidae. It is endemic to Somalia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland
.
Taxonomy and systematics
The lesser hoopoe-lark has alternately been named Witherby's lark.[2]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:[3]
- Warangeli lesser hoopoe-lark (A. h. alter) - Witherby, 1905: Found in northern and north-eastern Somalia
- Burao lesser hoopoe-lark (A. h. tertius) - Clarke, S, 1919: Found in north-western Somalia
- A. h. hamertoni - Witherby, 1905: Found in central Somalia
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alaemon hamertoni.
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Alaemon hamertoni - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
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