Birds of the World


Jerdon's Bush Lark (Mirafra affinis) Range: OR: s India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana ghansiensis) Range: AF: widespread Botswana
Photograph by Steve Riall © All Rights Reserved.

Common and comes in many shades of brown, cream and rufous, but note crest, speckled chest and patterned back.


White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda) Range: AF: w Chad; e Sudan, ne South Sudan, sc Ethiopia; Uganda and w Kenya to c Tanzania Uganda
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Angola Lark (Mirafra angolensis antonii) Range: AF: sc Chitunta Plain, Z
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Cape Clapper Lark (Mirafra apiata) Range: AF: sw Namibia and w, sc South Africa South Africa
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Ash's Lark (Mirafra ashi) Range: AF: coastal ec Somalia


Bengal Bush Lark (Mirafra assamica) Range: OR: n India to s Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and w Myanmar Kamphaengsaen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
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Melodious Lark (Mirafra cheniana) Range: AF: c Zimbabwe and c, e South Africa, disjunctly in sw Kenya and n Tanzania (Mara, Serengeti) Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Collared Lark (Mirafra collaris) Range: AF: e Ethiopia and Somalia to c Kenya Sanshan'ade area, Somaliland
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Kordofan Lark (Mirafra cordofanica) Range: AF: Mauritania and Senegal to Niger; e Chad, s Sudan and n South Sudan


Indochinese Bush Lark (Mirafra erythrocephala) Range: OR: se Asia Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.

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Indian Bush Lark (Mirafra erythroptera) Range: OR: Pakistan and nw, c, sc India


Eastern Clapper Lark (Mirafra fasciolata fasciolata) Range: AF: sw Zambia, n, ec Namibia, Botswana and c, e South Africa Marick Safari, Kimberley, South Africa
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Gillett's Lark (Mirafra gilletti gilletti) Range: AF: e Awash National Park, Ethiopia
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Red-winged Lark (Mirafra hypermetra hypermetra) Range: AF: ec Tsavo East NP, Kenya
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Singing Bush Lark (Mirafra javanica) Range: AF, OR, AU: Sub-Saharan Africa and Arabian Pen. to India, se Asia, China, and Philippines to n, e Australia Strangways, Victoria, Australia
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Singing Bush Lark (Mirafra javanica marginata) Range: AF, OR, AU: Sub-Saharan Africa and Arabian Pen. to India, se Asia, China, and Philippines to n, e Australia Tanzania
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Burmese Bush Lark (Mirafra microptera) Range: OR: c Myanmar

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Monotonous Lark (Mirafra passerina) Range: AF: w Angola to c Zambia and s to n South Africa


Friedmann's Lark (Mirafra pulpa) Range: AF: sc Ethiopia, c Kenya, se Kenya and ne Tanzania Shaba NR, Kenya
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Note white throat. Found in dense grassland.

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Rusty Bush Lark (Mirafra rufa) Range: AF: c, w


Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea) Range: AF: widespread Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea) Range: AF: widespread Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
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Note streaky spots on chest. Cap and back colors range from rufous to almost black.

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Sharpe's Lark (Mirafra sharpii) Endangered Range: AF: nw Somalia


Somali Lark (Mirafra somalica somalica) Range: AF: Somalia Tuuyo Plains, Somaliland
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Somali Lark (Mirafra somalica somalica) Range: AF: Somalia Ban Cade Plains, Somaliland
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Williams's Lark (Mirafra williamsi) Range: AF: n, c Kenya Shaba NR, Kenya
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Found only in two areas of Kenya, both dry and rocky (lava).