Lesser hoopoe-lark
| Lesser hoopoe-lark | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Order: | Passeriformes | 
| Family: | Alaudidae | 
| Genus: | Alaemon | 
| Species: | A. hamertoni 
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| Binomial name | |
| Alaemon hamertoni Witherby, 1905 
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| Subspecies | |
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The lesser hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is endemic to Somalia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Taxonomy and systematics
The lesser hoopoe-lark has alternately been named Witherby's lark.[2]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:[3]
- Warangeli lesser hoopoe-lark (A. h. alter) - Witherby, 1905: Found in northern and north-eastern Somalia
 - Burao lesser hoopoe-lark (A. h. tertius) - Clarke, S, 1919: Found in north-western Somalia
 - A. h. hamertoni - Witherby, 1905: Found in central Somalia
 
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alaemon hamertoni.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Alaemon hamertoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717270A94526385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717270A94526385.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
 - ^ "Alaemon hamertoni - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
 - ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
 

