This small, pale grey lark is endemic to the Namib Desert, where it is found in small flocks of up to 30 birds on the pale gravel plains from Pico do Azevedo in south-west Angola to the Koigab Pan region in the south (Dean 2000). The area occupied in Namibia is about 115,500 km2, of which 63% (72,300 km2) occurs within protected areas. This species avoids only the Namib sand sea, with its complete cover of mobile sand dunes.