Collared lark

Collared lark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: M. collaris
Binomial name
Mirafra collaris
Sharpe, 1896
Synonyms
  • Collared bushlark

The collared lark (Mirafra collaris) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family found in East Africa.

Distribution and habitat

The collared lark has a considerable range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 530,000 km2 over an area from eastern Ethiopia and Somalia to central Kenya.[1]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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