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Genus: Corypha (11 species)


Rufous-naped Lark (Corypha africana ghansiensis) Range: AF: widespread Botswana
Photograph by Steve Riall © All Rights Reserved.

Common and comes in many shades of brown, cream and rufous, but note crest, speckled chest and patterned back.


Cape Clapper Lark (Corypha apiata) Range: AF: sw Namibia and w, sc South Africa South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

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Sentinel Lark (Corypha athi) Range: AF: c, sc Kenya to ne Tanzania


Eastern Clapper Lark (Corypha fasciolata fasciolata) Range: AF: sw Zambia, n, ec Namibia, Botswana and c, e South Africa Marick Safari, Kimberley, South Africa
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Red-winged Lark (Corypha hypermetra hypermetra) Range: AF: ec Tsavo East NP, Kenya
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Plains Lark (Corypha kabalii) Range: AF: Gabon to s DR Congo, ne, se Angola and nw Zambia

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Kidepo Lark (Corypha kidepoensis) Range: AF: se, s Sudan and ne Uganda

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Highland Lark (Corypha kurrae) Range: AF: w Africa from Guinea to w Sudan

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Plateau Lark (Corypha nigrescens) Range: AF: e Zambia, n Malawi and s Tanzania

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Russet Lark (Corypha sharpii) Range: AF: nw Somalia


Somali Lark (Corypha somalica somalica) Range: AF: Somalia Tuuyo Plains, Somaliland
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Somali Lark (Corypha somalica somalica) Range: AF: Somalia Ban Cade Plains, Somaliland
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