Flappet lark
| Flappet lark | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Mirafra |
| Species: | M. rufocinnamomea |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirafra rufocinnamomea (Salvadori, 1865) | |
The flappet lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.
Range and population
Mirafra rufocinnamomea has a large range covering much of the African continent with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2.[1] They are endemic to the following countries:
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ivory Coast
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savannah, moist savannah, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Mirafra rufocinnamomea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Species factsheet - BirdLife International
- Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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