lesser hoopoe-lark

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Alaemon hamertoni |volume=2016 |page=e.T22717270A94526385 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717270A94526385.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Alaemon

| species = hamertoni

| authority = Witherby, 1905

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms =

| range_map = Alaemon hamertoni distribution map.png

| range_map_caption = resident range

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The lesser hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni) is a species of lark in the family 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.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=8A913C34C1641D91|title=Alaemon hamertoni - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-09}}

= Subspecies =

Three 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}}

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

lesser hoopoe-lark

Category:Endemic birds of Somalia

lesser hoopoe-lark

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