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Where does the Red-capped Lark live?

Calandrella cinerea has 88,758 records in 48 countries and territories, from 1862 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Red-capped Lark
Red-capped Lark — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesAlaudidaeCalandrella

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18622026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 70,176
Kenya 6,078
Namibia 4,552
Tanzania 3,301
Botswana 842
Zambia 789
Lesotho 715
Zimbabwe 566
Spain 517
Uganda 479
Israel 113
Angola 105
Eswatini 89
Ukraine 88
Malawi 72
DR Congo 46
Rwanda 45
Afghanistan 43
China 25
Mozambique 22
Tunisia 19
Egypt 10
Sudan 9
Nigeria 8
Ethiopia 5
Russia 5
France 4
Italy 4
India 3
Chad 3
Congo 2
Cyprus 2
Croatia 2
Kazakhstan 2
Türkiye 2
Uzbekistan 2
Armenia 1
Bahrain 1
Burundi 1
Switzerland 1

Showing the top 40 of 48 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.