Maghreb

Maghreb
	Maghreb cheek ( Galerida macrorhyncha )
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Superfamily :	Sylvioidea
Family :	Larks (Alaudidae)
Genre :	Galerida
Type :	Maghreb
Scientific name
	Galerida macrorhyncha
	Tristram , 1859

The Maghreb lark ( Galerida macrorhyncha ) is a species from the lark family. Their distribution area is in northern Africa. For a long time it was considered a subspecies of the crested lark , but has been recognized as an independent species since 2009.

features

The Maghreblerche reaches a body length of about 17 to 18 centimeters. There is no noticeable gender dimorphism .

The upper side of the body is yellow-brown to cinnamon with light stripes in light reddish-brown or olive-brown. Overall, the top looks uniformly sand-brown, while the underside of the body looks creamy-yellow-brown. The upper chest is narrow and dashed in gray.

Distribution area and habitat

There are two subspecies:

G. m. randonii - Loche , 1860 : Hauts Plateaux from Algeria to Eastern Morocco. It occurs here as far as the Moulouya river valley . It is possible that it is also common along the northern slopes of the High Atlas as far as Marrakech.
G. m. macrorhyncha - Tristram , 1859 : The occurrence of this subspecies extends from the south of the Western Sahara, the Algerian Sahara Atlas, to the west of Mauritania.

The habitat are dry, warm areas in semi-deserts and along the edges of steppes. It occurs occasionally in the same range as the Theklalerche .

Way of life

The diet of the Maghreb is made up of insects and seeds. The reproductive biology of the Maghreb lark should largely correspond to that of the crested lark.

literature

Rudolf Pätzold: The larks of the world . Westarp Sciences, Magdeburg 1994, ISBN 3-89432-422-8 .
Rudolf Pätzold: Compendium of Larks. All the larks on earth. Jan-Schimkat-Medienpublikation, Dresden 2003, ISBN 3-00-011219-7 .

Web links

Commons : Maghreblerche ( Galerida macrorhyncha ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Song of the Maghreb chants on Xeno-Canto

Single receipts

↑ Guillaumet, Alban; Pons, Jean-Marc; Godelle, Bernard; Crochet, Pierre-Andre (2006). History of the Crested Lark in the Mediterranean region as revealed by mtDNA sequences and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (3): 645-56. doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2006.01.002 .
^ Pätzold: Compendium of Larks . P. 314.
^ IOC World Bird List 6.4 . In: IOC World Bird List Datasets . September. doi : 10.14344 / ioc.ml.6.4 .
^ Pätzold: Compendium of Larks . P. 313.

[1] Guillaumet, Alban; Pons, Jean-Marc; Godelle, Bernard; Crochet, Pierre-Andre (2006). History of the Crested Lark in the Mediterranean region as revealed by mtDNA sequences and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (3): 645-56. doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2006.01.002 .

[PätzoldKompendium314-2] Pätzold: Compendium of Larks . P. 314.

[3] IOC World Bird List 6.4 . In: IOC World Bird List Datasets . September. doi : 10.14344 / ioc.ml.6.4 .

[PätzoldKompendium313-4] Pätzold: Compendium of Larks . P. 313.