Spike-heeled Lark

Chersomanes albofasciata (Lafresnaye, 1836) — also called SHLA. Occurrence records of the Spike-heeled Lark are shared on GBIF from around 23 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Mountain Zebra National Park (567 records), in 7 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAlaudidae

23reserves with records

1 634records around them

7provinces

LCIUCN category

Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata) — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	567
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	238
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	204
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	201
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	132
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	122
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	42
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	41
Kwandwe Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	16
Seekoeivlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	16
Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	8
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	6
Willem Pretorius Game ReserveProtected area	FS Free State	6
Nooitgedacht Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	6
QwaQwa National ParkNational park	FS Free State	5
Commando Drift Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	4
Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Dr Appie van Heerden Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	3
Namaqua National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	3
Koppies Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	3
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	3
Olifantsvlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	2
Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	2

By province

Northern Cape: 8 reserves
Free State: 5 reserves
Eastern Cape: 3 reserves
Gauteng: 2 reserves
Western Cape: 2 reserves
North West: 2 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Scientific name: Chersomanes albofasciata
GBIF taxon: 2490687
Wikidata: Q63671

More of the Alaudidae family

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