Kordofan Lark

Kordofan Lark
Kordofan Lark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: M. cordofanica
Binomial name
Mirafra cordofanica
Strickland, 1850

The Kordofan Lark (Mirafra cordofanica) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

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Range

The Kordofan Lark has a range that is quite large spanning seven African nations; Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Sudan. Its global Extent of Occurrence is estimated at 1,900,000 km2.[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

See also

External links

  • BirdLife International (2008). Mirafra cordofanica. 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). "Kordofan Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8098&m=0. Retrieved May 11, 2009.