Indochinese bush lark
| Indochinese bush lark | |
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| Species: | M. erythrocephala
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| Mirafra erythrocephala | |
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Mirafra marionae | |
The Indochinese bush lark (Mirafra erythrocephala) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.
Range
The range of M. erythrocephala extends over a large swath of southeast Asia, in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.[2]
Habitat
M. erythrocephala is home in a variety of open-space habitats up to 900 m interspersed with trees and shrubbery and has adapted to cultivated land. It also exists at forest margins, as well as thickets of bamboo.[2]
Taxonomy
Following work a decade ago by Per Alström, the Indochinese bush lark was split from M. assamica, along with two others, making a new total of four. They are now M. assamica, M. affinis, M. erythrocephala and M. microptera.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Compiler: Helen Temple (2008). "Indochinese Bushlark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . Retrieved May 25, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Alström, Per (1998). "Taxonomy of the Mirafra assamica complex" (PDF). Forktail. 13: 97–107 . Retrieved May 1, 2009.
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