Singing bush lark
- Not to be confused with Horsfield's bush lark (Mirafra javanica) of Australia and Southeast Asia, which is also called the singing bush lark.
| Singing bush lark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Mirafra |
| Species: | M. cantillans |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirafra cantillans (Blyth, 1844) | |
The singing bush lark (Mirafra cantillans) is a species of lark found in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.[1]
Range and population
The range of M. cantillans is quite extensive, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2; and its global population is thought to be large, though it has yet to be quantified.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2012). "Mirafra cantillans". 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). "Singing Bushlark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
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