Collared lark

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Collared lark
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Amirafra
Species:
A. collaris
Binomial name
Amirafra collaris
(Sharpe, 1896)
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The collared lark (Amirafra collaris) or collared bushlark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in East Africa. [2]

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Taxonomy

The collared lark was formerly placed in the genus Mirafra . It is one of three species that were moved to the resurrected genus Amirafra based on the results of a large molecular genetic study by the Swedish ornithologist Per Alström and collaborators that was published in 2023. [3] [4] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. [3]

Distribution and habitat

The collared lark has a considerable range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 530,000 km2 over an area from eastern Ethiopia and Somalia to central Kenya. [1]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Mirafra collaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22717076A94520593. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717076A94520593.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Mirafra collaris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  3. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Nicators, Bearded Reedling, larks". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  4. Alström, P.; Mohammadi, Z.; Enbody, E.D.; Irestedt, M.; Engelbrecht, D.; Crochet, P.-A.; Guillaumet, A.; Rancilhac, L.; Tieleman, B.I.; Olsson, U.; Donald, P.F.; Stervander, M. (2023). "Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data". Avian Research. 14: 100095. doi: 10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100095 .