Red-winged Lark

Red-winged Lark
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Mirafra
Species:	M. hypermetra
Binomial name
Mirafra hypermetra (Reichenow, 1879)

The Red-winged Lark (Mirafra hypermetra) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

Population and range

The range of Red-winged Lark is quite extensive within Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 660,000 km².^[1]

Its total population has yet to be quantified, but is believed to be large.^[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

See also

• Bird anatomy

External links

• BirdLife International (2008). Mirafra hypermetra. 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 c} Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Red-winged Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8101&m=0. Retrieved May 10, 2009. 

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