Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark

Eremopterix verticalis (A.Smith, 1836) — also called Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark, GBSL, Grey-backed Sparrowlark. Occurrence records of the Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark are shared on GBIF from around 7 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (241 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAlaudidae

7reserves with records

397records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix verticalis) — Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	241
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	98
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	23
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	15
Elandsberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	14
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	4
The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	2

By province

Northern Cape: 6 reserves
Western Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Scientific name: Eremopterix verticalis
GBIF taxon: 2490689
Wikidata: Q774291

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 Cape Clapper 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.