Masked lark

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Masked Lark specimen RWD.jpg

| image_caption = Specimen at Nairobi National Museum

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Spizocorys personata |volume=2016 |page=e.T22717364A94529008 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717364A94529008.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Spizocorys

| species = personata

| authority = Sharpe, 1895

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = * Calandrella personata

| range_map = Spizocorys personata distribution map.png

| range_map_caption = Range

}}

The masked lark (Spizocorys personata) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in Ethiopia and Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Taxonomy and systematics

Some authorities have placed the masked lark in the genus Calandrella.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=419AEB97D5AD0CDB|title=Spizocorys personata - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-04}}

=Subspecies=

Four subspecies are recognized:{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 6.4|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4|doi-access=free}}

  • S. p. personata - Sharpe, 1895: Found in eastern Ethiopia
  • S. p. yavelloensis - (Benson, 1947): Found in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya
  • S. p. mcchesneyi - (Williams, JG, 1957): Found on the Marsabit Plateau (northern Kenya)
  • S. p. intensa - (Rothschild, 1931): Found in central Kenya

References

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