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Photo © by ruchai
Sriracha, Thailand, 19 September 2005

Alternative name: Indochinese Bushlark

Mirafra marionae

Identification

Photo by Chaiyan

Asia: found in southern Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and southern Vietnam

This is a monotypic species^[1].

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Bengal Bushlark by some authors^[2]

Some authorities show two subspecies: Mirafra erythrocephala erythrocephala and Mirafra erythrocephala subsessor^[2]

Cultivated areas, open scrublands of plains and lower hills.

Habitually parachuting in the air while singing and leg-dangling down onto ground.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
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BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Indochinese Bush Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Indochinese_Bush_Lark

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