Kordofan lark

Kordofan lark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: M. cordofanica
Binomial name
Mirafra cordofanica
Strickland, 1850

The Kordofan lark (Mirafra cordofanica) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

Range

The Kordofan lark has a range that is quite large spanning seven African nations; Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Sudan. Its global extent of occurrence is estimated at 1,900,000 km2.[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Mirafra cordofanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Compilers Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Kordofan Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . Retrieved May 11, 2009.
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