A large, stocky lark
               ...widespread in subtropical
               or tropical dry lowland.
          
         
            
               Corypha africana
            
               (L 6-7" WS 20" Wt 6 oz)
          
         
            
               Merry larks are
               ploughmen’s clocks.
            
                     (William Shakespeare)
          
         
            
               Masai Mara National Reserve
            
               21Oct2014
          
         
            
               Lake Nakuru National Reserve
            
               01Nov2014
          
         
            
               © Sarah
               Toner
            
               Macaulay
               Library
          
         
            
               Corypha in Greek a bird
               mentioned in Hesychius...
            
               also means lark.