Naming
Fifteen subspecies are recognized:⤷ Buckley's lark or West African cinnamon bush-lark, "M. r. buckleyi" : Originally described as a separate species in the genus "Calandrella". Found from southern Mauritania and Senegal to northern Cameroon
⤷ "M. r. serlei" White, CMN, 1960: Found in south-eastern Nigeria
⤷ Ubangi cinnamon lark, "M. r. tigrina" Oustalet, 1892: Originally described as a separate species. Found from eastern Cameroon to northern Democratic Republic of Congo
⤷ Darfur flappet lark, "M. r. furensis" Lynes, 1923: Found in west-central Sudan
⤷ Sobat flappet lark, "M. r. sobatensis" Lynes, 1914: Originally described as a separate species. Found in central Sudan
⤷ "M. r. rufocinnamomea" : Found in north-western and central Ethiopia
⤷ Abyssinian flappet lark, "M. r. omoensis" Neumann, 1928: Found in south-western Ethiopia
⤷ "M. r. torrida" Shelley, 1882: Found from south-eastern Sudan and northern Ethiopia to northern Uganda, central Kenya and central Tanzania
⤷ Rwenzori flappet lark, "M. r. kawirondensis" van Someren, 1921: Found in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda and western Kenya
⤷ Nyasaland flappet lark, "M. r. fischeri" : Originally described as a separate species. Found in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Zambia and northern Mozambique north through eastern Tanzania, eastern Kenya to southern Somalia
⤷ "M. r. schoutedeni" White, CMN, 1956: Found in Gabon and Central African Republic to western Democratic Republic of Congo and north-western Angola
⤷ "M. r. lwenarum" White, CMN, 1945: Found in north-western Zambia
⤷ "M. r. smithersi" White, CMN, 1956: Found in northern Zambia, Zimbabwe, north-eastern Botswana and northern South Africa
⤷ "M. r. pintoi" White, CMN, 1956: Found in southern Mozambique, Eswatini and north-eastern South Africa
⤷ "M. r. mababiensis" : Found in western Zambia to central Botswana
Distribution
The flappet lark has a large range covering much of the African continent with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2.Habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savannah, moist savannah, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.References:
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