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title: "Chersomanes"
description: "Chersomanes albofasciata — Ptaki. The spike-heeled lark (Chersomanes albofasciata) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spike-heeled-lark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chersomanes

> Chersomanes albofasciata — Ptaki. The spike-heeled lark (Chersomanes albofasciata) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.

- Scientific name: *Chersomanes albofasciata*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 836
- Wikidata: [Q63671](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63671)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204483](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204483)

## Names

- en: Spike-heeled Lark
- de: Zirplerche
- es: Alondra Espolada
- fr: Alouette éperonnée
- nl: Sjirpleeuwerik
- pt: Cotovia-esporada
- pl: Chersomanes

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (646), NA (129), BW (11)

## Summary

The spike-heeled lark (Chersomanes albofasciata) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. 
It is found in southern Africa.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

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

## Photo

![Chersomanes](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spike-heeled-lark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102917223

## Machine access

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