Cape Clapper Lark

Mirafra apiata (Vieillot, 1816) — also called Clapper Lark, Cape Clapper-Lark. Occurrence records of the Cape Clapper Lark are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all West Coast Fossil Park (86 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAlaudidae

6reserves with records

235records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Cape Clapper Lark (Mirafra apiata) — Photo: Timothy Whitehead · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	86
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	62
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	59
Hopefield Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	13
Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	8
Panthera Africa Big Cat SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	7

By province

Western Cape: 5 reserves
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Scientific name: Mirafra apiata
GBIF taxon: 2490597
Wikidata: Q3231569

More of the Alaudidae family

Sabota Lark Rufous-naped Lark Red-capped Lark Large-billed Lark Spike-heeled Lark Karoo Lark Fawn-colored Lark Karoo Long-billed Lark Cape Long-billed Lark Eastern Clapper Lark Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eastern Long-billed Lark

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.