Sabota Lark

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Sabota Lark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: M. sabota
Binomial name
Mirafra sabota
Smith, 1836
Synonyms

Calendulauda sabota

The Sabota Lark (Mirafra sabota) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

There are a number of subspecies varying in plumage tone and bill size. The large-billed form naevia of Namibia is sometimes classed as a separate species, Bradfield's Lark.

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