Angola Lark

Angola Lark
Angola Lark
Conservation status
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

The Angola Lark (Mirafra angolensis) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

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Range and population

The range of Mirafra angolensis is sizable, within Angola, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia. It is estimated to have a global Extent of Occurrence of about 170,000 square km.[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry, or seasonally wet, lowland grassland

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Angola 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. Retrieved May 11, 2009. 

External links

  • BirdLife International (2008). Mirafra angolensis. 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.