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title: "Red-capped Lark"
description: "Calandrella cinerea — Uccelli. The red-capped lark (Calandrella cinerea) is a small passerine bird that breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and Somaliland."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-capped-lark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-capped Lark

> Calandrella cinerea — Uccelli. The red-capped lark (Calandrella cinerea) is a small passerine bird that breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and  Somaliland.

- Scientific name: *Calandrella cinerea*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1671
- Wikidata: [Q1591642](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1591642)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204473](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204473)

## Names

- en: Red-capped Lark
- de: Rotkappenlerche
- es: Terrera Capirotada
- fr: Alouette cendrille
- nl: Roodkapleeuwerik
- pt: Cotovia-de-barrete-vermelho
- pl: Skowrończyk rdzawołbisty

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (936), NA (226), KE (190), TZ (155), ZM (33), BW (31), LS (14), ZW (12), UG (7), AO (4), MW (4)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-capped_lark

## Photo

![Red-capped Lark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-capped-lark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54968196

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-capped-lark?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).