Collared lark

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

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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.