Heteromirafra

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Heteromirafra ruddi, Wakkerstroom, Birding Weto, a.jpg

| image_caption = Rudd's lark in South Africa

| taxon = Heteromirafra

| authority = Grant, 1913

| type_species = Heteronyx ruddi{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=163 |title= Alaudidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}

| type_species_authority = C.H.B. Grant, 1908

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

2, See text

| range_map = Heteromirafra distribution map.png

| range_map_caption = {{legend0|#008000|range of genus|outline=gray}}{{cite book |editor-last1=Harrison |editor-first1=J. A. |title=The Atlas of Southern African birds: Vol.2 Passerines |date=1997 |publisher=BirdLife South Africa |location=Johannesburg |isbn=0-620-20730-2 |page=26 |url=http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/499.pdf |accessdate=4 November 2016}}{{cite book |last1=Ash |first1=John |last2=Atkins |first2=John |last3=Shirihai |first3=Hadoram |title=Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea: an atlas of distribution |date=2009 |publisher=Christopher Helm |location=London |isbn=9781408109793}}

| synonyms = * Heteronyx

}}

Heteromirafra is a small genus of African larks in the family Alaudidae.

Taxonomy and systematics

The name "long-clawed lark" has been used to describe both species in this genus.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=CF0FECC3&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Heteromirafra archeri - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-11-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=2B8E5C63&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Heteromirafra ruddi - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-11-21}}

=Species=

The genus contains two extant species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2018 | title=Nicators, reedling, larks | work=World Bird List Version 8.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/larks/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=15 July 2018 }}

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ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
120pxHeteromirafra ruddi (Grant, 1908)Rudd's larkSouth Africa
Heteromirafra archeri Clarke, 1920Archer's larkSomalia and Ethiopia

References

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Category:Bird genera

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