White-tailed lark
- Not to be confused with the monotonous lark (Mirafra passerina) of southern Africa, which is also sometimes called the White-tailed lark or White-tailed bush lark.
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| Species: | M. albicauda
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The white-tailed lark (Mirafra albicauda) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
Alternate names for the white-tailed lark include northern white-tailed bush lark, northern white-tailed lark and white-tailed bush lark.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The white-tailed lark is found in western Chad, eastern Sudan, north-eastern South Sudan, south-central Ethiopia, and from Uganda and western Kenya to central Tanzania. It occurs mainly around Lake Chad and Lake Victoria.
The natural habitat of M. albicauda is tropical to subtropical, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ "Mirafra passerina - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "White-tailed Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . Retrieved May 10, 2009.
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