Burmese bush lark

Burmese bush lark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: M. microptera
Binomial name
Mirafra microptera
Hume, 1873

The Burmese bush lark (Mirafra microptera) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

Range and population

Although the global population of Mirafra microptera has not yet been quantified, it is believed to be locally numerous within its sizable range in central Myanmar, where it is endemic, and is estimated to have an extent of occurrence of anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 km2.

Habitat

Mirafra microptera is a common denizen of a variety of habitats, running the gamut from naturally occurring grasslands, to fallow farm fields giving way to sand, to many arable lands (especially any of those marked with occasional trees and shrubbery).

Taxonomic note

Following work a decade ago by Per Alström, Mirafra microptera was split from M. assamica, along with two others, making a new total of four. They are now M. assamica, M. affinis, M. erythrocephala and M. microptera.[2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Mirafra microptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Alström, Per (1998). "Taxonomy of the Mirafra assamica complex" (PDF). Forktail 13: 97–107 . Retrieved May 1, 2009.

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