White-tailed lark
Species of bird
| White-tailed lark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Mirafra |
| Species: | M. albicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirafra albicauda Reichenow, 1891 | |
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The white-tailed lark (Mirafra albicauda) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
Alternate names for the white-tailed lark include northern white-tailed bush lark, northern white-tailed lark and white-tailed bush lark.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The white-tailed lark is found in western Chad, eastern Sudan, north-eastern South Sudan, south-central Ethiopia, and from Uganda and western Kenya to central Tanzania. It occurs mainly around Lake Chad and Lake Victoria.
The natural habitat of M. albicauda is tropical to subtropical, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
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- 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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Larks (Family: Alaudidae)
- Eastern clapper lark
- Cape clapper lark
- Red-winged lark
- Rufous-naped lark
- Flappet lark
- Angola lark
- Williams's lark
- Monotonous lark
- Melodious lark
- Horsfield's bush lark
- Singing bush lark
- Burmese bush lark
- Bengal bush lark
- Indochinese bush lark
- Indian bush lark
- Jerdon's bush lark
- Gillett's lark (Degodi lark)
- Rusty bush lark
- Collared lark
- Ash's lark
- Somali lark
- Friedmann's lark
- Kordofan lark
- White-tailed lark
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