White-tailed Lark
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White-tailed Lark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Mirafra |
Species: | M. albicauda |
Binomial name | |
Mirafra albicauda Reichenow, 1891 | |
The White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.
Range
The range of M. albicauda is quite large, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 430,000 square km[1] endemic in Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Habitat
The natural habitat of M. albicauda is tropical to subtropical, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Mirafra albicauda". 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). "White-tailed Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . Retrieved May 10, 2009.
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