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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.
BirdLife International. 2021. Species factsheet: Spizocorys fringillaris. Available at: http://www.birdlife.org . (Accessed: 08/02/2021).
de Bruin, M., Little, I. & Hughes, C. 2017. Conserving the Endangered Botha’s Lark (Spizocorys fringillaris) and its threatened grassland habitat. Report to the African Bird Club Research Fund for Endangered Birds. Endangered Wildlife Trust., Johannesburg, South Africa.
Evans, S. W. 1999. Globally threatened bird species profile: Botha's lark Spizocorys fringillaris. Newsletter of BirdLife South Africa 2(3): 16.
Huntley, B. and Barnard, P. 2012. Potential impacts of climatic change on southern African birds of fynbos and grassland biodiversity hotspots. Diversity and Distributions 18: 769-781.
IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).
Keith, S.; Urban, E.K.; Fry, C.H. 1992. The Birds of Africa Vol. IV. Academic Press, London.
Lee, A.; Barnard, P.; Altwegg, R. 2017. Estimating conservation metrics from atlas data: the case of southern African endemic birds. Bird Conservation International 27(3): 323-336.
Maphisa, D. H.; Donald, P. F.; Buchanan, G. M.; Ryan, P. G. 2009. Habitat use, distribution and breeding ecology of the globally threatened Rudd's Lark and Botha's Lark in eastern South Africa. Ostrich 80(1): 19-28.
Peacock, F. 2015. Botha's Lark Spizocorys fringillaris. In: Taylor, M. R.; Peacock, F.; Wanless, R. M. (ed.), The 2015 Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, pp. 133-135. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Segan, D.B.; Hole, D.G.; Donatti, C.I.; Zganjar, C.; Martin, S.; Butchart, S.H.M.; Watson, J.E.M. 2015. Considering the impact of climate change on human communities significantly alters the outcome of species and site-based vulnerability assessments. Diversity and Distributions 21(9): 1101-1111.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Botha's Lark Spizocorys fringillaris. Downloaded from
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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 22/11/2024.