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(Redirected from Mirafra albicauda) Species of bird Not to be confused with the monotonous lark (Mirafra passerina) of southern Africa, also sometimes called White-tailed lark.

White-tailed lark

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Mirafra
Species:	M. albicauda
Binomial name
*Mirafra albicauda* Reichenow, 1891

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.

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

BirdLife International (2017). "Mirafra albicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22717013A118710217. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717013A118710217.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Mirafra passerina - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-10.

Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "White-tailed Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 10, 2009.

v t e Larks (Family: Alaudidae)
Genus	Species
Alaemon	Greater hoopoe-lark Lesser hoopoe-lark
Chersomanes	Beesley's lark Spike-heeled lark
Ammomanopsis	Gray's lark
Certhilauda	Short-clawed lark Karoo long-billed lark Benguela long-billed lark Eastern long-billed lark Cape long-billed lark Agulhas long-billed lark
Pinarocorys	Dusky lark Rufous-rumped lark
Ramphocoris	Thick-billed lark
Ammomanes	Desert lark Bar-tailed lark Rufous-tailed lark
Eremopterix	Black-eared sparrow-lark Madagascar lark Black-crowned sparrow-lark Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark Grey-backed sparrow-lark Fischer's sparrow-lark
Calendulauda	Sabota lark Pink-breasted lark Foxy lark Fawn-coloured lark Karoo lark Red lark Dune lark Barlow's lark
Heteromirafra	Rudd's lark Archer's lark
Mirafra	Eastern clapper lark Cape clapper lark Red-winged lark Rufous-naped lark Flappet lark Angola lark Williams's lark Monotonous lark Melodious lark Horsfield's bush lark Singing bush lark Burmese bush lark Bengal bush lark Indochinese bush lark Indian bush lark Jerdon's bush lark Gillett's lark (Degodi lark) Rusty bush lark Collared lark Ash's lark Somali lark Friedmann's lark Kordofan lark White-tailed lark
Lullula	Woodlark
Spizocorys	Obbia lark Sclater's lark Stark's lark Short-tailed lark Masked lark Botha's lark Pink-billed lark
Alauda	White-winged lark Raso lark Oriental skylark Eurasian skylark
Galerida	Sykes's lark Sun lark Large-billed lark Thekla's lark Crested lark Malabar lark Maghreb lark
Eremophila	Horned lark Temminck's lark
Calandrella	Hume's short-toed lark Mongolian short-toed lark Erlanger's lark Blanford's lark Red-capped lark Greater short-toed lark
Melanocorypha	Bimaculated lark Calandra lark Black lark Mongolian lark Tibetan lark
Chersophilus	Dupont's lark
Eremalauda	Dunn's lark Arabian lark
Alaudala	Athi short-toed lark Asian short-toed lark Somali short-toed lark Mediterranean short-toed lark Turkestan short-toed lark Sand lark

Taxon identifiers
Mirafra albicauda	Wikidata: Q2426748 Wikispecies: Mirafra albicauda ADW: Mirafra_albicauda Avibase: 8E612CF6D83F4BBE BioLib: 25650 BirdLife: 22717013 BOW: whtlar1 CoL: 43LLZ eBird: whtlar1 GBIF: 2490595 iNaturalist: 7337 IRMNG: 11181850 ITIS: 561141 IUCN: 22717013 NCBI: 2992312 Observation.org: 77618 Open Tree of Life: 3597523 Xeno-canto: Mirafra-albicauda

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