Horsfield's bush lark
Horsfield's bush lark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Mirafra |
Species: | M. javanica |
Binomial name | |
Mirafra javanica Horsfield, 1821 | |
Horsfield's bush lark or Australasian bushlark, (Mirafra javanica), inhabits grassland throughout most of Australia and much of Southeast Asia.
Identification
M. javanica is brown with grey streaks and mottling.
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Bryden, south-east Queensland, Australia
Range
M. javanica's range is very broad, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2.[1]
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Mirafra javanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Australasian Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . Retrieved May 11, 2009.
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