Rusty Bush Lark

Rusty Bush Lark
Rusty Bush Lark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: M. rufa
Binomial name
Mirafra rufa
Lynes, 1920

The Rusty Bush Lark (Mirafra rufa), also known as the Rusty Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

Distribution and habitat

The range of M. rufa is large, with an estimated global extent of Occurrence of 470,000 km2. It is typically found inhabiting the dry savanna ecoregions of Chad, Mali, Niger, Sudan, and Togo.[1]

External links

  • BirdLife International (2008). Mirafra rufa. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 11 May 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of Least Concern.

References

  1. ^ a b Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Rusty Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8114&m=0. Retrieved May 11, 2009.