Obbia Lark Spizocorys obbiensis

A small, compact lark with a stout bill that appears swollen and a bold facial pattern, with pale eyebrows and eye-rings and dark moustachial stripes. Upperparts are dark and underparts are pale but heavily streaked, including on the flanks. Endemic to a narrow coastal strip south of Mogadishu, where it prefers sand dunes and coastal scrub with halophytic shrubs. Its short legs give it a hunched posture, unlike other larks within its range. Flight call is “tip-tip”; other vocalizations are unrecorded.