Kordofan lark
African species of lark
Kordofan lark | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Mirafra |
Species: | M. cordofanica |
Binomial name | |
Mirafra cordofanica Strickland, 1852 | |
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Kordofan lark (Mirafra cordofanica) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
Alternate names for the Kordofan lark include golden lark, Kordofan bush lark and Kordofan singing bushlark.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The Kordofan lark has a large range that spans the continent from Mauritania and Senegal to Niger, eastern Chad, southern Sudan and northern South Sudan. Its global extent of occurrence is estimated at 1,900,000 km2.[3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Mirafra cordofanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717023A94518376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717023A94518376.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Mirafra cordofanica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ Compilers Stuart Butchart; Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Kordofan Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
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