---
title: "Sabotaleeuwerik"
description: "Calendulauda sabota — Vogels. The sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sabota-lark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sabotaleeuwerik

> Calendulauda sabota — Vogels. The sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.

- Scientific name: *Calendulauda sabota*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2153
- Wikidata: [Q27075404](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075404)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144764](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144764)

## Names

- en: Sabota Lark
- de: Sabotalerche
- es: Alondra Sabota
- fr: Alouette sabota
- it: Allodola sabota
- nl: Sabotaleeuwerik
- pt: Cotovia-sabota
- pl: Afroskowronek białobrewy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1529), NA (444), BW (42), ZW (8), AO (7), SZ (5)

## Summary

The sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern Africa in its natural habitats of dry savannah, moist savannah, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is generally sedentary but local movements occur in drier regions. The species name is derived from sebotha or sebothé, the Tswana generic name for a lark.

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

## Photo

![Sabotaleeuwerik](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sabota-lark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169726610

## Machine access

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