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Raso lark, the Glossary

The Raso lark (Alauda razae) is a small passerine bird with a highly restricted range, being found only on Raso islet in the Cape Verde Islands.^[1]

25 relations: Boyd Alexander, Brown-necked raven, Calandrella, Cape Verde, Common kestrel, Conservation biology, Critically Endangered, Cyperus, Cyperus bulbosus, Display (zoology), Endemism, Eurasian skylark, Feral cat, Fossil, Ilhéu Branco, Ilhéu Raso, Lark, Last Glacial Period, Ornithology, Passerine, Santa Luzia, Cape Verde, São Vicente, Cape Verde, Spizocorys, Western barn owl, Western Palaearctic.
Alauda
Birds described in 1898
Endemic birds of Cape Verde
Taxa named by Boyd Alexander

Boyd Alexander

Lieutenant Boyd Alexander (16 January 1873 – 2 April 1910) was an English officer in the British Army, as well as an explorer and ornithologist.

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Brown-necked raven

The brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis) is a larger bird (52–56 cm in length) than the carrion crow though not as large as the common raven.

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Calandrella

Calandrella is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.

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Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.

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Common kestrel

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.

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Conservation biology

Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions.

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Critically Endangered

An IUCN Red List Critically Endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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Cyperus

Cyperus is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions.

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Cyperus bulbosus

Cyperus bulbosus is a species of sedge found across Africa, the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

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Display (zoology)

Display behaviour is a set of ritualized behaviours that enable an animal to communicate to other animals (typically of the same species) about specific stimuli.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Eurasian skylark

The Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a passerine bird in the lark family, Alaudidae. Raso lark and Eurasian skylark are Alauda.

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Feral cat

A feral cat or a stray cat is an unowned domestic cat (Felis catus) that lives outdoors and avoids human contact; it does not allow itself to be handled or touched, and usually remains hidden from humans.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Ilhéu Branco

Ilhéu Branco (Portuguese for "white islet") is an uninhabited, Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas islet in the Barlavento group of the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of north-west Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Ilhéu Raso

Ilhéu Raso is an uninhabited, Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas volcanic island in the Barlavento archipelago of Cape Verde.

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Lark

Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

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Last Glacial Period

The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Santa Luzia, Cape Verde

Santa Luzia is an island of the Barlavento archipelago in Cape Verde located between São Nicolau and São Vicente, the channel of Santa Luzia separates the island of São Vicente and is 8 km wide.

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São Vicente, Cape Verde

São Vicente (Portuguese for "Saint Vincent") is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the West African coast.

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Spizocorys

Spizocorys is a genus of African larks in the family Alaudidae found in southern and eastern Africa.

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Western barn owl

The western barn owl (Tyto alba) is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the eastern barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the barn owl.

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Western Palaearctic

The Western Palaearctic or Western Palearctic is part of the Palaearctic realm, one of the eight biogeographic realms dividing the Earth's surface.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raso_lark

Also known as A. razae, Alauda razae, Calandrella razae, Cape Verde Islands Lark, Raso Island Lark, Raso Short Toed Lark, Raso Short-Toed Lark, Raso Skylark, Raza Island Lark, Raza Lark, Raza Short Toed Lark, Raza Short-Toed Lark, Razo Island Lark, Razo Lark, Razo Skylark, Spizocorys razae.