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Beesley's Lark

Chersomanes beesleyi

Photo by AdamRiley
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

The Beesley's Lark is one of the world's rarest birds, occurring on just a single arid grassland plain north of Arusha in Tanzania. The total population is estimated at just a few hundred pairs at most. The second image shows how camouflaged these birds are in their short grass habitat.

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Sachin Zaveri
Really nice finding, hard to find from 2nd picture, I had also observed Hoopoe playing hide and seek, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8175020

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