Angola lark

Angola lark
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Mirafra
Species:	M. angolensis
Binomial name
	Mirafra angolensis; Barboza du Bocage, 1880
Subspecies
	See text
	resident range

Short description: Species of bird

The Angola lark (Mirafra angolensis) or Angola bushlark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in southern and central Africa.

Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:^[2]

M. a. marungensis - Hall, BP, 1958: Found in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and south-western Tanzania
M. a. angolensis - Barboza du Bocage, 1880: Found in northern, western and central Angola
M. a. antonii - Hall, BP, 1958: Found in eastern Angola to southern Democratic Republic of Congo and north-western Zambia

Distribution and habitat

The range of the Angola lark is sizable, and is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. It is estimated to have a global extent of occurrence of about 170,000 square km.^[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry, or seasonally wet, lowland grassland.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Mirafra angolensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22717064A94519842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717064A94519842.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22717064/94519842. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref.

External links

Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Angolan Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International. http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8106&m=0.

Wikidata ☰ Q769847 entry

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] 1.0 ^1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Mirafra angolensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22717064A94519842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717064A94519842.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22717064/94519842. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref.

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