Red-capped Lark
Calandrella cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAlaudidae (Larks)
- GenusCalandrella (Calandrella Short-toed Larks)
- SpeciesCalandrella cinerea (Red-capped Lark)
The red-capped lark (Calandrella cinerea) is a small passerine bird that breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and Somaliland. In the south, its range stretches across the continent to Angola and south to the Cape in South Africa. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Nyungwe National Park
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Green White-eye
Zosterops stuhlmanni
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Regal Sunbird
Cinnyris regius
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Dioptrornis fischeri
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
Black-faced Apalis
Apalis personata
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Eurillas latirostris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-capped Lark at Nyungwe National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there