Family: Alaudidae (Larks)

Authority: Witherby, 1905

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (extent of occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). 
For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 71,800 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial