African Bird Club

Horsfield's Bush Lark - Adult

Photographer

» Christiaan Kooyman

Location

» Gangara, south of Tanout

Country image taken

» Niger

Date

» September, 2006

Equipment

» Canon

Bird Species

»Mirafra javanica - Singing Bush Lark

Bird Species (French)

»Alouette de Java

Bird Family

»Alaudidae - Larks

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Photographed on the slope of a largely bare hill near Gangara, south of Tanout, south-central Niger (approx. 14° 37’ 22’’ N, 8° 27’ 21’’ E). Could this be an immature bird with extensive pale fringes to the wing coverts? Singing Bush Lark was lumped with Horsfield's Bush Lark (IOC 13.1)