White-tailed Lark

White-tailed 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. albicauda
Binomial name
Mirafra albicauda Reichenow, 1891

The White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

Range

The range of M. albicauda is quite large, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 430,000 square km.,^[1] endemic in Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Habitat

The natural habitat of M. albicauda is tropical to subtropical, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

See also

• Bird anatomy

External links

• BirdLife International (2008). Mirafra albicauda. 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). "White-tailed Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8096&m=0. Retrieved May 10, 2009. 

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