| Fawn-coloured lark | |
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| in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calendulauda |
| Species: | C. africanoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Calendulauda africanoides (Smith, 1836) | |
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The fawn-coloured lark (Calendulauda africanoides) or fawn-coloured bush-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-central Africa.
Formerly, the fawn-coloured lark was classified as belonging to the genus Mirafra until moved to Calendulauda in 2009. [2] Not all authorities recognize this re-classification. [3]
Six subspecies are recognized: [4]
The range of Mirafra africanoides is broadly spread, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,400,000 km2. [1] It can be found in the countries of Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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