This area is defined by the range of Williams's Lark Mirafra williamsi which has two disjunct populations in northern Kenya (see map, p. 380), in the Didi Galgalla desert near Marsabit, and between Isiolo and Garba Tula, where it is found in arid or semi-arid short-grass plains on black lava soils at 600-1,350 m, and well-grazed, grassy areas with scattered bushes on sandy soil (Britton 1980, Keith et al. 1992). It is generally rare, but locally common in the Didi Galgalla desert (Zimmerman et al. 1996), and is probably not threatened (Collar and Stuart 1985).

Stattersfield, A. J., Crosby, M. J., Long, A. J. and Wege, D. C. (1998) Endemic Bird Areas of the World. Priorities for biodiversity conservation. BirdLife Conservation Series 7. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.

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BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: North Kenyan short grass plains. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/360 on 22/12/2024.