This lark lives in grassland and dry savanna south of the Sahel and across the Sudan region. It has pale brown plumage with dark streaks.
It has a dark, streaked back and heavily streaked breast. Cream-colored supercilia meet at the nape around its streaked crown; the short crest is often raised. Rufous shows in the wing in flight.
It walks and forages in dry lowland grassland, savanna, and open cultivated areas, taking seeds and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.