单词 | sabota lark |
释义 | sabota larkn. A buff-coloured lark, Mirafra sabota or M. nævius, of the family Alaudidæ, found in southern Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > other types of short-toed lark1837 sand lark1867 sabota lark1884 bar-tailed lark1937 1830 A. Smith in S. Afr. Q. Jrnl. July–Sept. 113 Mirafra Sabota. Top of head dark brown, feathers margined with tawny yellow; eyebrows white; upper parts of body pale rufous.] 1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. (rev. ed.) 526 Sabota Lark... Sir Andrew Smith procured this lark on the arid plains north of Latakoo. 1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. v. 109 There, too, are the thick-billed lark, the Sabota lark, with its clear ringing call, and a few other—but not many—small birds. 1948 C. D. Priest Eggs of Birds breeding in S. Afr. 67 Sabota Lark... In grass on the ground, at times the cup-shaped nest not being well concealed. 1964 P. A. Clancey Birds Natal & Zululand 293 The sabota lark commences to breed in October. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1884 |
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