Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Jerdon's Bushlark*
Id (Atlas):
Mirafra affinis
Description (10 )
Jerdon's Bushlark
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Other Names (World)
Jerdon's Bushlark, Rufous-winged Bushlark, Ceylon Bushlark (ceylonensis ), Jerdon's Bush Lark
Family
Alaudidae (Larks)
Size
14 - 15 cm
First Described (Guide )
Blyth, 1845
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,500 m.
India, Sri Lanka.
Eastern and southern India and Sri Lanka.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (40)... )
Listen to XC388042
Jerdon's Bush Lark (Mirafra ) [XC388042 ]
by Sreekumar Chirukandoth from Tirupati, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India (song)
Listen to XC369322
Jerdon's Bush Lark (Mirafra affinis ) [XC369322 ]
by Peter Boesman from Bokkapuram area, The Nilgiris County, Tamil Nadu, India (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Mirafra assamica (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Bengal Bushlark (Mirafra assamica ), Jerdon's Bushlark (Mirafra affinis ), Burmese Bushlark (Mirafra microptera ) and Indochinese Bushlark (Mirafra erythrocephala ) following Alström (1998).
Relationship with African congeners unknown. Recently split from Bengal Bushlark (Mirafra assamica ) on basis of pronounced differences in, especially, vocalizations, song flight, other behaviour, habitat choice, and cytochrome b gene sequences (13·4%); equally large genetic (respectively, 13·7% and 15·1%) and vocal differences from Indochinese Bushlark (Mirafra erythrocephala ) and Burmese Bushlark (Mirafra microptera ), both of which were also previously merged with Bengal Bushlark (Mirafra assamica ). Sri Lankan population often separated as subspecies ceylonensis . Further study is required.
References
See References .
Files:
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