Collared Lark (Mirafra collaris)

Other Names (World)
Collared Lark, Collared Bushlark

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1896

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

South-eastern Ethiopia, Somalia and north-eastern and eastern Kenya.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Collared Lark (Mirafra collaris) [XC89416]
by Charles Davies from Garissa-Madogashi Road, Kenya (song)

Collared Lark (Mirafra collaris) [XC89422]
by id from Garissa-Madogashi Road, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Affinities to Cape Clapper Lark (Mirafra apiata) and Eastern Clapper Lark (Mirafra fasciolata) suggested by clapping display-flight, although wing-clapping performed also by unrelated Chersophilus duponti. Preliminary genetic data suggest affinities with Calendulauda.

References
See References.

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