Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark
The grey-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis) or grey-backed finch-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Sometimes, the name 'grey-backed sparrow-lark' is also used to describe the black-eared sparrow-lark. == Taxonomy and systematics == === Subspecies === Four subspecies are recognized: E. v. khama - Irwin, 1957: Found in north-eastern Botswana, western Zimbabwe and western Zambia E. v. harti - Benson & Irwin, 1965: Found in south-western Zambia E. v. damarensis - Roberts, 1931: Found from western Angola and south-western Zambia to western South Africa E. v. verticalis - (Smith, 1836): Found from south-eastern Botswana and south-western Zimbabwe to southern South Africa
Nxai Pan National Park
Botswana
+83 birds+19 mammals
Where acacia woodland gives way to sweeping grasslands and stark salt pans, a landscape of raw African beauty unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMokala National Park
Siyancuma Local Municipality, South Africa
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where semi-arid savanna meets ancient granite outcrops, a 715-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Northern Cape’s undulating terrain. Mokala’s landscape is […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTankwa-Karoo National Park
Hantam Local Municipality, South Africa
+101 birds
Where ancient mountains crumble into rust-red plains, the Tankwa Karoo unfolds as one of South Africa’s most austere and compelling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAugrabies Falls National Park
Kai !Garib Local Municipality, South Africa
+48 birds+14 mammals
Where granite gorges plunge 56 metres into churning white water, the Orange River has carved one of Africa’s most dramatic […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCamdeboo National Park
Camdeboo Local Municipality, South Africa
+124 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through semi-arid plateaus, ancient dolerite formations rise like sentinels above the Sundays River valley. Sprawling across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSperrgebiet National Park
Barcelona, Namibia
+119 birds+30 mammals
Where the Namib Desert’s red dunes collide with the Atlantic’s cold embrace, over 56,000 square kilometers of raw wilderness unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDorob National Park
Henties Bay, Namibia
+118 birds+30 mammals
Where the Skeleton Coast’s haunting dunes surrender to gravel plains and rocky outcrops, an extraordinary expanse of Namibian wilderness unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNamib-Naukluft National Park
Namibia
+119 birds+30 mammals
Where rust-coloured dunes rise like frozen waves against an impossibly blue sky, Africa’s oldest desert unfolds across nearly 95,000 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEtosha National Park
Namibia
+62 birds+30 mammals
Brilliant white salt pans stretch endlessly beneath Namibian skies, interrupted by scattered acacia woodlands and mopane scrubland that characterize this […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNamibRand Nature Reserve
Hammerstein, Namibia
+66 birds+30 mammals
Where rust-coloured dunes surrender to sculpted granite outcrops and vast plains stretch toward an endless horizon, one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEMakgadikgadi Pans National Park
Gucta, Botswana
+107 birds+22 mammals
Where salt-crusted flatlands stretch endlessly toward a shimmering horizon, one of Africa’s most extraordinary ecosystems awakens with the rains. The […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNo community photos yet. Log in to add the first one.
No community observations of this species yet.