Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Fischer's sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia) or Fischer's finch-lark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. It is found from central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. This inconspicuous dull-coloured bird somewhat resembles a finch. It can be distinguished from the similar chestnut-headed sparrow-lark by the absence of a white patch on the crown of its head. It is found on short grass plains where it congregates in large flocks except during the breeding season. The common name of the bird commemorates the German explorer Gustav Fischer.
Serengeti National Park
Tanzania
+131 birds+30 mammals
Dawn breaks over an endless golden savanna where acacia-studded plains stretch to distant volcanic highlands, their slopes cloaked in montane […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAmboseli National Park
Etonet/Lenkism ward, Kenya
+124 birds+30 mammals
Dawn breaks over a vast volcanic plain where Mount Kilimanjaro dominates the horizon, its snow-capped peak floating above the Tanzanian […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKilimanjaro National Park
Kenya
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where Africa’s tallest mountain rises in solitary majesty, moorland grasslands give way to dense montane forests draped in moss and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTarangire National Park
Tanzania
+124 birds+30 mammals
Where acacia woodlands meet vast plains and the Tarangire River cuts a lifeline through Tanzania’s heartland, one of Africa’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNgorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where the East African plateau drops away into a vast amphitheatre of volcanic splendour, a 600-square-kilometre caldera cradles one of […]
VIEW WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREANo community photos yet. Log in to add the first one.
No community observations of this species yet.