Mirafra

Mirafra
Bengal bush lark (Mirafra assamica) in Kolkata (West Bengal, India)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Mirafra Horsfield, 1821
Diversity
29 species (but see text)
Synonyms
Calendulauda

Mirafra is a genus of lark in the Alaudidae family. Some of its species are sometimes separated in Calendulauda. Some Mirafra species are called "larks", while others are called "bush larks".

Species list in taxonomic order

Mirafra larks

• Angolan lark, Mirafra angolensis
• Ash's lark, Mirafra ashi
• Cape clapper lark, Mirafra apiata
• Eastern clapper lark, Mirafra fasciolata
• Collared lark, Mirafra collaris
• Flappet lark, Mirafra rufocinnamomea
• Friedmann's lark, Mirafra pulpa
• Gillett's lark, Mirafra gilletti
  • Degodi lark, Mirafra g. degodiensis
• Kordofan lark, Mirafra cordofanica
• Melodious lark, Mirafra cheniana
• Madagascan lark, Mirafra hova
• Monotonous lark, Mirafra passerina
• Red-winged lark, Mirafra hypermetra
• Rufous-naped lark, Mirafra africana
• Somali lark, Mirafra somalica
• White-tailed lark, Mirafra albicauda
• Williams's lark, Mirafra williamsi
• Rusty bush lark, Mirafra rufa
• Horsfield's bush lark, Mirafra javanica
• Burmese bush lark, Mirafra microptera (sometimes included in M. assamica)
• Indian bush lark, Mirafra erythroptera (sometimes included in M. assamica, formerly M. marionae)
• Indochinese bush lark, Mirafra erythrocephala
• Jerdon's bush lark, Mirafra affinis (sometimes included in M. assamica)
• Bengal bush lark, Mirafra assamica
• Singing bush lark, Mirafra cantillans