Fawn coloured lark

Introduction: Identifying fawn-coloured larks (Calendulauda africanoides) can be made easier by looking almost exclusively on sandy soils in broad-leaved and fine-leaved savannah woodland and shrubland. They are usually alone or in pairs, walking on bare patches of ground unless disturbed.

Distribution: Etosha National Park, the Kavango Region, Zambezi Region (formerly the Caprivi Strip), Kaudom Park and much of the eastern and south-eastern regions of the Namibian Kalahari Desert.
Diet: Forages at the base of tufts of grass and on the ground. Eats insects such as grasshoppers, spiders and termites. Also takes seeds of grasses.

Description: Brown flight feathers, underparts white and slightly streaked and spotted reddish brown. Upper wing coverts streaked dark brown on red.
Breeding: A grass dome nest is built in a scrape in the ground or at the base of a tuft of grass. Females usually lay 2 or 3 eggs between October and December or March to April. Incubation periods are around 12 days.

Size: 15cm.

Weight: 23g.