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Raso Lark

Alauda razae

The Raso Lark (Alauda razae) is a bird found in Cape Verde. Found in Cape Verde. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific nameAlauda razae
RegionAsia
Found inCape Verde

🏡 Where the Raso Lark lives

Found in Cape Verde.

🍽️ What it eats

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.
💡 It weighs about 22 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and seeds.

Hear the Raso Lark

Recorded by Tero Linjama (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), xeno-canto XC164031. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Raso Lark

Where does the Raso Lark live?

The Raso Lark lives in Cape Verde. Found in Cape Verde.

What does the Raso Lark eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Raso Lark endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.