Horsfield's bush lark

Horsfield's bush lark
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.

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


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