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 LC    White-tailed Lark* Id (Atlas):
    Mirafra albicauda

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
White-tailed Lark, White-tailed Bushlark, Northern White-tailed Lark, Northern White-tailed Bushlark

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1891

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)
Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Locally in Chad (L Chad), eastern Sudan, south-central Ethiopia, north-eastern DRCongo, Uganda, north-western and south-western Kenya and northern and south-western Tanzania.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda) [XC739819]
     by Peter Boesman from Pian Upe National Park, Uganda (song)

 
White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda) [XC196464]
     by Tomas Carlberg from Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kasese, Western Region, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Possibly forms a superspecies with Horsfield's Bushlark (Mirafra javanica), Singing Lark (Mirafra cantillans), Monotonous Lark (Mirafra passerina) and Melodious Lark (Mirafra cheniana).

Isolated population in south-western Tanzania originally separated as subspecies rukwensis, considered unwarranted.


References
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Files:
JPG files for White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda) - 10 files


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