Avibase: Certhilauda curvirostris [curvirostris or falcirostris] (Cape Long-billed Lark (Cape))

Cape Long-billed Lark (Cape)

Certhilauda curvirostris [curvirostris or falcirostris] (= Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris) (Hermann, J 1783)

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

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Andrew Spencer	2015-09-14	Vredenberg to Paternoster road, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (60 m)	song - songs from an unseen bird near the edge of a large pasture with very short grass. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	292653 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris	Frank Lambert	2019-10-21	Stompneus Bay Rd, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Vredenburg (South Africa) (10 m)	- bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	515409 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris	Frank Lambert	2019-10-21	Stompneus Bay Rd, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Vredenburg (South Africa) (10 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	515411 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris	Frank Lambert	2019-10-21	Stompneus Bay Rd, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Vredenburg (South Africa) (10 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	515410 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris	Frank Lambert	2019-10-21	Redenburg Rd, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Vredenburg (South Africa) (40 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	515413 xeno-canto.org
Cape Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Niall D Perrins	2020-10-28	, Northern Cape (South Africa)	-	612739279 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris	Charles Hesse	20-07-2010	Vredenberg to Paternoster road, Western Cape (South Africa) (60 m)	Song (A) -	62554 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Peter Boesman	2017-09-24	South of Lambert's Bay, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)	song - [also] [sono]	392562 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Faansie Peacock	2017-06-27	Langebaan Country Estate, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (10 m)	call - Some interesting calls from this species (in addition to its normal descending whistled song). There was some construction noise in the background which I tried to filter out. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	377625 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Peter Boesman	2017-09-24	Elandsbaai area, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)	song - [sono]	392364 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris falcirostris	Niall Perrins	2020-10-28	Port Nolloth, Namakwa, Northern Cape, Namakwaland (South Africa) (30 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	599901 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Peter Boesman	2017-09-24	Elandsbaai area, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)	song - [sono]	392365 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Murray Christian	2018-05-06	West Coast Peninsula, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (20 m)	song - Clear descending whistles from one or possibly two birds foraging and calling intermittently, in very open, sandy strandveld along a broad, dry valley bottom. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	417574 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Eduardo Patrial	16-10-2011	West Coast National Park, Langebaan, Western Cape (South Africa) (18 m)	song (B) -	90016 xeno-canto.org
Cape Long-billed Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Daniel Engelbrecht - Birding Ecotours	2025-09-14	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	642375411 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Long-billed Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Garret Skead	2025-09-11	, Northern Cape (South Africa)	-	641861932 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Catriona Leven	2011-10-06	, Northern Cape (South Africa)	-	491517931 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Daniel Engelbrecht	2023-08-06	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	601137901 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Long-billed Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Garret Skead	2025-08-10	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	640153196 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Garret Skead	2023-08-06	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	601134521 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Long-billed Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Michael Buckham	2024-11-03	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	625819756 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Matthew Orolowitz	2023-08-06	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	601855661 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Long-billed Lark (Cape) - Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris/falcirostris	Nicholas Talbot	2024-10-11	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	627346759 macaulaylibrary.org
Cape Lark - Certhilauda curvirostris	Andrew Spencer	2015-09-14	R399--Vredenburg to Paternoster, Western Cape, South Africa, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	176716351 macaulaylibrary.org

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