Madagascar lark

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| image = Madagascan lark (Mirafra hova).jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Eremopterix hova |volume=2016 |page=e.T22717018A94518220 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717018A94518220.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Eremopterix hova

| authority = (Hartlaub, 1860)

| synonyms = *Mirafra hova

| range_map = Mirafra hova distribution map.png

}}

The Madagascar lark (Eremopterix hova) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae endemic to Madagascar.

Taxonomy and systematics

The Madagascar lark was formerly placed within the genus Mirafra until moved to Eremopterix in 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archives-4-1-to-4-4/taxonomy-4-1-to-4-4/|title=Taxonomy 4.1 to 4.4 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|access-date=2016-11-14}} Alternate names for the Madagascan lark include: Hova lark, Madagascan bush lark, Madagascar singing bushlark, and Madagascar sparrow lark.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=E6FDE8D947687594|title=Eremopterix hova - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-09}}

Distribution and habitat

The range of the Madagascan lark is large, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of greater than 100,000 km². Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Image:Madgascar Lark RWD.jpg

References

{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8097&m=0 |title=Madagascan Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet |author=Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom |work=Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart |publisher=BirdLife International |year=2008 |access-date=May 11, 2009}}

Madagascar lark

Category:Endemic birds of Madagascar

Madagascar lark

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