Bird Family: Larks

Grasslands and scrub. SE race has rufous colouring overall; short tail.

Bushveld. Well-streaked dark grey and buff upperparts, distinctive white eyebrow, and pale outer tail feathers.

Grassland with bush. Eastern race with rufous crest and wings; body washed rufous; pale western race with rufous on wings only.

Dry pans, short grass. Light brown above with rufous cap and pectoral tufts; whitish below.

Short grasslands. SE race has rich rufous plumage; pink bill and legs.

Karoo and grasslands. Heavily market lark with short tail and heavy bill with yellow base.

Grassland. Brown upperparts; rufous head and wing edges; streaked back. Distinctive spurts of territorial wing-clapping in flight when breeding.

Broad-leaved woodland whiel foraging on the floor. Dark bold face and breast

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