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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2017	Least Concern
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	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	nomadic	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	14 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	685,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common (Keith et al. 1992).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to habitat degradation caused by poor grazing practices (del Hoyo et al. 2004). Potential range declines have also been reported from Southern African Bird Atlas Project data (Lee et al. 2017), although, due to the species's nomadic nature and incomplete coverage of its range in these surveys (see Taylor et al. 2015), the rate of decline is essentially unknown.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Botswana	extant	native
Namibia	extant	native
South Africa	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Namibia	Namib-Naukluft Park
Namibia	Sperrgebiet
South Africa	Augrabies Falls National Park
South Africa	Bitterputs Conservation Area
South Africa	Haramoep and Black Mountain Mine
South Africa	Karoo National Park
South Africa	Mattheus-Gat Conservation Area

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-eared Sparrow-lark Eremopterix australis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-eared-sparrow-lark-eremopterix-australis on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.