| Williams's Lark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Mirafra |
| Species: | M. williamsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirafra williamsi Macdonald, 1956 |
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The Williams's Lark (Mirafra williamsi) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. Discovered in 1955, much of its life and ecology is still a mystery to ornithology.[1]
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In general, the natural habitat of M. williamsi is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Its range is restricted to northern Kenya where it is found in two disjunct populations:
One is north of Marsabit, in the Didi Galgalla desert, a region marked by plains of rocky, red lava soils and patches of short-grass and bushes.[1]
The other inhabits a particular area (elevated between 600m and 1,350m) lying between Isiolo and Garba Tula. It has even, unbroken communities of Barleria shrubs.[1]
The males of the species perform long, drawn-out, conspicuous song-flights above their territories after the rains at dawn, making them easy to find at this time.[1]
M. williamsi consumes various seeds and insects.[1]