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Taxonomic note
Gillett’s Lark and Rusty Lark were previously included in Mirafra (del Hoyo & Collar 2016). Recent (as yet unpublished) genetic work supports previous assertions that their slender, pipit-like shape, lack of white outertail, proclivity for perching in trees and (in the case of Gillett’s Lark, as the song of Rusty Lark is unknown) simple song structure all clearly place them in Calendulauda. Bears close resemblance to Calendulauda alopex intercedens. Form degodiensis, sometimes treated as a full species, differs only in its marginally smaller size (Collar et al. 2009), and perhaps better synonymized with nominate. Subspecies arorihensis intergrades with nominate in NW Somalia. Three subspecies recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2021. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	906,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	poor	observed	-
Generation length	2.98 years	-	-	-

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

The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Ethiopia	extant	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native		yes
Somalia	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Ethiopia	Awash National Park
Ethiopia	Bogol Manyo - Dolo
Ethiopia	Eastern Hararghe (Harar-Wabi Shebelle)
Ethiopia	Liben plains and Negele woodlands
Ethiopia	Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder
Somalia	Boorama plains
Somalia	Gacan Libaax
Somalia	Lascaanod - Taleex - Ceel Chebet
Somalia	Saylac
Somalia	Xarardheere - Awale Rugno

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/gilletts-lark-calendulauda-gilletti on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.