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title: "Leeuwerikgors"
description: "Emberiza impetuani — Vogels. The lark-like bunting (Emberiza impetuani) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae, which is native to south-western Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/lark-like-bunting
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leeuwerikgors

> Emberiza impetuani — Vogels. The lark-like bunting (Emberiza impetuani) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae, which is native to south-western Africa.

- Scientific name: *Emberiza impetuani*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1312
- Wikidata: [Q259826](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259826)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9221](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9221)

## Names

- en: Lark-like Bunting
- de: Lerchenammer
- es: Escribano Alaudino
- fr: Bruant des rochers
- nl: Leeuwerikgors
- pl: Trznadel skowronkowaty

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (648), NA (562), BW (35), ZW (5), AO (4)

## Summary

The lark-like bunting (Emberiza impetuani) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae, which is native to south-western Africa.

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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

## Photo

![Leeuwerikgors](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lark-like-bunting/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ludwig Muller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63006491

## Machine access

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