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Revision as of 16:56, 14 September 2017
Alternative name: Singing Lark
Photo by rafo1
- Mirafra cantillans
Identification
Length 13-14 cm (5-5½ in)
A small lark with a short bill and white outer-tail feathers (latter obvious in flight).
Distribution
Northern Africa and southern Asia:
Western Africa: Mauritania, The Gambia Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Eastern Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
Middle East: Arabian Peninsula
Asia: India, Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Melanesia
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Mirafra cantillans has four subspecies[1]:
- M. c. marginata
- M. c. chadensis
- M. c. simplex
- Western Arabia
- M. c. cantillans
- Northern India
Habitat
Short grassland with bushes and cultivated ares.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects and seeds.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Singing Bush Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Singing_Bush_Lark
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