Biology:White-tailed lark

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of bird

White-tailed lark
Mirafra 2 Gronvold, Mirafra albicauda.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species:
M. albicauda
Binomial name
Mirafra albicauda
Reichenow, 1891
Mirafra albicauda distribution map.png
resident range

The white-tailed lark (Mirafra albicauda) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa.

Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the white-tailed lark include northern white-tailed bush lark, northern white-tailed lark and white-tailed bush lark.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The white-tailed lark is found in western Chad, eastern Sudan, north-eastern South Sudan, south-central Ethiopia, and from Uganda and western Kenya to central Tanzania. It occurs mainly around Lake Chad and Lake Victoria.

The natural habitat of M. albicauda is tropical to subtropical, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2426748 entry