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Short-clawed lark

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| image = Certhilauda chuana, Pietersburg, Kellermann, a.jpg

| image_caption = In Limpopo, South Africa

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Certhilauda chuana |volume=2016 |page=e.T22717164A94522672 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717164A94522672.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Certhilauda

| species = chuana

| authority = (Smith, 1836)

| range_map = Certhilauda chuana distribution map.png

| synonyms = * Alauda chuana

  • Certhilauda breviunguis
  • Heterocorys breviunguis
  • Mirafra chuana

}}

The short-clawed lark (Certhilauda chuana) or short-clawed bush-lark, is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in Botswana and South Africa. Its natural habitat is dry savannah.

Taxonomy and systematics

Originally, the short-clawed lark was classified as belonging to the genus Alauda and then Mirafra until moved to Calendulauda. Not all authorities recognize this re-classification from Mirafra.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=3244C2049F4C836E|title=Certhilauda chuana - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-11-17}}

Behaviour and ecology

The species lays clutches of two or three eggs (average clutch sizes in two studies 2.27-2.75 eggs). The incubation lasts for around 15 days, the longest of any African lark species. After fledging, chicks remain with their parents for 6–8 weeks. There is some variation in nesting strategies in the species, with the eastern population (in South Africa) having numerous broods per breeding season and the western population (in Botswana) breeding once per season.

Gallery

File:Certhilauda chuana, Pietersburg, Kellermann, b.jpg| At Polokwane (Pietersburg), South Africa

Image:HeterocorysAmmomanesKeulemans.jpg|Illustration by Keulemans of C. chuana (above) and A. grayi (below)

References

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  • Engelbrecht, Derek (2005) "Breeding biology of the eastern population of the Short-clawed Lark in South Africa" Ostrich - Journal of African Ornithology, 76 (3-4_ 154-161

External links

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  • [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/501.pdf Species text] - The Atlas of Southern African Birds

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short-clawed lark

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