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 LC    Monotonous Lark* Id (Atlas):
    Mirafra passerina

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

Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gyldenstolpe, 1926

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Southern Angola east to south-western Zambia and western Zimbabwe, south to central Namibia, Botswana and north-central and north-eastern South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

 
Monotonous Lark (Mirafra passerina) [XC349853]
     by Oscar Campbell from Brits, Bojanala, North West, South Africa (call)

 
Monotonous Lark (Mirafra passerina) [XC45650]
     by Etienne Marais from Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Possibly forms a superspecies with Horsfield's Bushlark (Mirafra javanica), White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda), Singing Lark (Mirafra cantillans) and Latakoo Lark (Mirafra cheniana).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Monotonous Lark (Mirafra passerina) - 10 files


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