Sabota Lark (Calendulauda sabota) - BirdLife species factsheet

Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Calendulauda sabota (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Mirafra sabota.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Dowsett, R. J.; Forbes-Watson, A. D. 1993. Checklist of birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Tauraco Press, Li

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Does not normally occur in forest
Land mass type		Average mass	25 g

Extent of occurrence (EOO)

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	4,010,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

Population and trend

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals				0
Population trend	Increasing		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	3.8	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common to common (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be increasing owing to low-level grazing in some areas, which improves habitat (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident
Angola	N	Extant	Yes
Botswana	N	Extant	Yes
Eswatini	N	Extant	Yes
Mozambique	N	Extant	Yes
Namibia	N	Extant	Yes
South Africa	N	Extant	Yes
Zimbabwe	N	Extant	Yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Calendulauda sabota. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2020. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2020) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2020.