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Mirafra

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: M. africana - M. africanoides - M. albicauda - M. alopex - M. angolensis - M. apiata - M. ashi - M. assamica - M. cantillans - M. cheniana - M. collaris - M. cordofanica - M. degodiensis - M. erythroptera - M. gilletti - M. hova - M. hypermetra - M. javanica - M. naevia - M. passerina - M. poecilosterna - M. pulpa - M. rufa - M. rufocinnamomea - M. sabota - M. sharpii - M. somalica - M. williamsi

Name

Mirafra Horsfield, 1821

 

Mirafra is a genus of lark in the Alaudidae family. Three of its species are sometimes separated in Calendulauda. Some Mirafra species are called "larks", while others are called "bushlarks".

Species list in taxonomic order

Mirafra larks

Abyssinian Lark, Mirafra alopex
Angola Lark, Mirafra angolensis
Ash's Lark, Mirafra ashi
Clapper Lark, Mirafra apiata
Collared Lark, Mirafra collaris
Degodi Lark, Mirafra degodiensis
Flappet Lark, Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Friedmann's Lark, Mirafra pulpa
Fawn-coloured Lark, Mirafra africanoides (sometimes in Calendulauda)
Gillett's Lark, Mirafra gilletti
Kordofan Lark, Mirafra cordofanica
Latakoo Lark, Mirafra cheniana
Madagascar Lark, Mirafra hova
Monotonous Lark, Mirafra passerina
Pink-breasted Lark, Mirafra poecilosterna (sometimes in Calendulauda)
Red-winged Lark, Mirafra hypermetra
Rufous-naped Lark, Mirafra africana
Rusty Lark, Mirafra rufa
Sabota Lark, Mirafra sabota (sometimes in Calendulauda)
Somali Lark, Mirafra somalica
White-tailed Lark, Mirafra albicauda
Williams's Lark, Mirafra williamsi

Mirafra bushlarks

Australasian Bushlark, Mirafra javanica
Burmese Bushlark, Mirafra microptera (sometimes included in M. assamica)
Indian Bushlark, Mirafra erythroptera (sometimes included in M. assamica, formerly M. marionae)
Indochinese Bushlark, Mirafra erythrocephala
Jerdon's Bushlark, Mirafra affinis (sometimes included in M. assamica)
Rufous-winged Bushlark, Mirafra assamica
Singing Bushlark, Mirafra cantillans

 

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