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Mirafra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Mirafra

Higher classification
  
Lark

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Alaudidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Horsfield's bush lark, Singing bush lark, Rufous‑naped lark, Bengal bush lark, Indian bush lark

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Mirafra is a genus of lark in the Alaudidae family. Some Mirafra species are called "larks", while others are called "bush larks". They are found from Africa through South Asia to Australia.

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Extant species

The genus contains twenty-four species:

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  • Eastern clapper lark (Mirafra fasciolata)
  • Cape clapper lark (Mirafra apiata)
  • Red-winged lark (Mirafra hypermetra)
  • Rufous-naped lark (Mirafra africana)
  • Flappet lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea)
  • Angolan lark (Mirafra angolensis)
  • Williams's lark (Mirafra williamsi)
  • Monotonous lark (Mirafra passerina)
  • Melodious lark (Mirafra cheniana)
  • Horsfield's bush lark (Mirafra javanica)
  • Singing bush lark (Mirafra cantillans)
  • Burmese bush lark (Mirafra microptera)
  • Bengal bush lark (Mirafra assamica)
  • Indochinese bush lark (Mirafra erythrocephala)
  • Indian bush lark (Mirafra erythroptera)
  • Jerdon's bush lark (Mirafra affinis)
  • Gillett's lark (Mirafra gilletti)
  • Rusty bush lark (Mirafra rufa)
  • Collared lark (Mirafra collaris)
  • Ash's lark (Mirafra ashi)
  • Somali lark (Mirafra somalica)
  • Friedmann's lark (Mirafra pulpa)
  • Kordofan lark (Mirafra cordofanica)
  • White-tailed lark (Mirafra albicauda)

    • Former species

    Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize several additional species as belonging to the genus Mirafra including:

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  • Short-clawed lark (as Mirafra chuana)
  • Dusky lark (as Mirafra nigricans)
  • Rufous-rumped lark (as Mirafra erythropygia or Mirafra nigricans erythropygia)
  • Indian desert finch-lark (as Mirafra phoenicuroides)
  • Rufous-tailed lark (as Mirafra phoenicura)
  • Madagascan lark (as Mirafra hova)
  • Sabota lark (as Mirafra sabota)
  • Bradfield's lark (as Mirafra naevia)
  • Pink-breasted lark (as Mirafra poecilosterna)
  • Foxy lark (as Mirafra alopex)
  • Masai fawn-coloured lark (as Mirafra intercedens)
  • Fawn-coloured lark (as Mirafra africanoides)
  • Karoo lark (as Mirafra albescens or Mirafra nivosa)
  • Red lark (as Mirafra burra)
  • Dune lark (as Mirafra erythrochlamys)
  • Barlow's lark (as Mirafra erythrochlamys barlowi)
  • Rudd's lark (as Mirafra ruddi)
  • Archer's lark (as Mirafra archeri)
  • Sidamo lark (as Mirafra sidamoensis)
  • Ngaundere sun lark (as Mirafra strümpelli)
  • Uele sun lark (as Mirafra bucolica)

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    Mirafra Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea HBW Alive

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    References

    Mirafra Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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