Out on the open steppe of the Etosha National Park, we encountered a whole flock of Eastern clapper-larks. I was actually skeptical of the species' English name because I found it hard to believe that a little lark could "clap" its wings. But it could. On a couple of occasions we got a show of how these clapper-larks flapped their wings with such force that it gave rise to a castanet-like sound! The bird is about 15 cm tall, and during the short display flight it takes off while clapping its wings underneath and then sudenly drops down with its legs hanging, just like a parachute jumper. This species is found in southern and southwestern Africa.