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Monotonous lark

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Mirafra passerina.jpg

| image_caption = breeding adult

| image2 = Mirafra passerina, sang, Assen, a.ogg

| image2_caption = song

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Mirafra passerina |volume=2016 |page=e.T22716992A94517013 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716992A94517013.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Mirafra

| species = passerina

| authority = Gyldenstolpe, 1926

| synonyms = * Mirafra fringillaris

| range_map = Mirafra passerina species distribution map.svg

| range_map_caption = {{legend0|#FFDF00|breeding and nomadic range|outline=gray}} }}

The monotonous lark (Mirafra passerina) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in southern Africa.

Taxonomy and systematics

The alternate names "white-tailed lark" and "white-tailed bush-lark" should not be confused with the species of the same name, Mirafra albicauda. Other alternate names include monotonous bush lark and Southern white-tailed bush-lark.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=86E9D9F4CAF62C5F|title=Mirafra passerina - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-10}}

Range

The range of the monotonous lark is quite broad, extending over six countries: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its global extent of occurrence is estimated at 1,400,000 km2.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

References

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  • {{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8092 |title=Monotonous 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}}

External links

{{Commonscat|Mirafra passerina}}

{{Wikispecies|Mirafra passerina}}

  • [http://oo.adu.org.za/content.php?id=26 "Territory establishment and the mating system of the nomadic Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina"] by Derek Engelbrecht and Joe Grosel
  • Monotonous lark - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/493.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].

= Appearance =

Identification. A medium-small, compact lark with a small bill, a plain face, and an indistinct eyebrow. It has streaky upperparts with a distinct rufous wing panel and a lightly-streaked buffy chest that separates the white throat from the pale belly.{{Taxonbar|from=Q2670351}}

monotonous lark

Category:Birds of Southern Africa

monotonous lark

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