Red-winged Lark

Red-winged Lark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: M. hypermetra
Binomial name
Mirafra hypermetra
(Reichenow, 1879)

The Red-winged Lark (Mirafra hypermetra) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

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Population and range

The range of Red-winged Lark is quite extensive within Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 660,000 km2.[1]

Its total population has yet to be quantified, but is believed to be large.[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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References

  1. ^ a b c Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Red-winged Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8101&m=0. Retrieved May 10, 2009.