Avibase: Eremopterix leucotis (Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark)

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Eremopterix leucotis (Stanley, ES 1814)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Peter Boesman	2013-02-09	Mopani area, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	flight song - [sono]	280283 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis melanocephalus	Julien Birard	2025-04-03	Am Djéména Bilala, Fitri, Batha, Batha Oues (Chad) (300 m)	call - [also] [sono]	989383 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-26	Aledeghe WIldlife Reserve, Afar (Ethiopia) (800 m)	song - natural vocalization; song during a prolonged flight display in which the bird fluttered in a large circle about 50m off the ground in heavily grazed grasslands with a few scattered trees. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	209983 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis melanocephalus	Étienne Leroy	2018-12-12	Parc du W, Tillabéri Region, Tillabéry (Niger) (200 m)	male, song - One male singing from the top of a bare tree, as the harmattan blows. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	447384 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Jay McGowan	2018-12-30	D 402 B, Podor SN-Saint-louis (16.6005,-14.9093), Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saint-Louis (Senegal)	- Calls from three birds circling overhead.	146594421 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis melanocephalus	Julien Birard	2025-04-03	Am Djéména Bilala, Fitri, Batha, Batha Oues (Chad) (300 m)	call, subsong ? - I wasn't watching the birds during the recording and I don't know whether it's the Sparrow-Larks that are making the rapid trill calls (subsong?) or whether it's another species (Ploceus luteolus? Euodice cantans?).	989382 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis melanocephalus	Bram Piot	2018-10-28	Kati, Koulikoro, Koulikoro (Mali) (550 m)	call - At least two birds calling in flight bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	440458 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Peter Boesman	2016-11-14	Etosha National Park, Oshikoto (Namibia)	song - ID certainty 80%.	346801 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis melanocephalus	Étienne Leroy	2018-12-12	Parc du W, Tillabéri Region, Tillabéry (Niger) (200 m)	male, song - One male singing from the top of a bare tree, as the harmattan blows. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	447385 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-26	Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve, Afar, Ethiopia, Afar (Ethiopia)	- natural vocalization; song during a prolonged flight display in which the bird fluttered in a large circle about 50m off the ground in heavily grazed grasslands with a few scattered trees.	216268051 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Jay McGowan	2018-12-30	D 402 B, Podor SN-Saint-louis (16.6005,-14.9093), Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saint-Louis (Senegal)	-	146589881 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Derek Engelbrecht	2011-02-17	, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	-	648536919 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Derek Engelbrecht	2010-03-29	, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	-	648537025 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Julien Birard	2025-04-03	, Batha (Chad)	-	633911753 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Zsombor Károlyi	2024-12-02	, North Bank (Gambia)	-	645383139 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Derek Engelbrecht	2008-04-22	, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	-	648536421 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Derek Engelbrecht	2010-03-29	, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	-	648537070 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Derek Engelbrecht	2011-03-31	, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	-	648536657 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Derek Engelbrecht	2010-01-16	, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	-	648538602 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Jay McGowan	2018-12-28	fields on R60 SE of Tip (14.661, -15.837), Diourbel, Senegal, Diourbel (Senegal)	- Calls from three individuals circling low overhead.	145540181 macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Peter Boesman	2016-11-15	Etosha National Park, Oshikoto (Namibia)	call - [sono]	346799 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Peter Boesman	2016-11-14	Etosha National Park, Oshikoto (Namibia)	call - [sono]	346798 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Peter Boesman	2016-11-14	Etosha National Park, Oshikoto (Namibia)	call - ID certainty 80%.	346800 xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix leucotis	Derek Engelbrecht	2011-03-02	, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	-	648536792 macaulaylibrary.org

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