Birds of the World

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Genus: Mirafra (7 species)


White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda) Range: AF: w Chad; e Sudan, ne South Sudan, sc Ethiopia; Uganda and w Kenya to c Tanzania Uganda
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


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
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.

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Kordofan Lark (Mirafra cordofanica) Range: AF: Mauritania and Senegal to Niger; e Chad, s Sudan and n South Sudan


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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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.


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).

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