Mirafra poecilosterna

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 804 meters (0 to 2,638 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Mirafra poecilosterna (Reichenow, 1879)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mirafra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. affinis (Jerdon's Bushlark) · M. africana (Rufous-Naped Lark) · M. africana africana (Rufous-Naped Lark) · M. africanoides (Fawn-Coloured Lark) · M. albicauda (Northern White-Tailed Bushlark) · M. albicauda albicauda (Northern White-Tailed Bushlark) · M. alopex (Abyssinian Lark) · M. angolensis (Angolan Lark) · M. apiata (Cape Clapper Lark) · M. apiata apiata (Cape Clapper Lark) · M. ashi (Ash's Lark) · M. assamica (Rufous-Winged Singing Bushlark) · M. candida (Nyiro Bush Lark) · M. cantillans (Singing Bushlark) · M. cantillans cantillans (Singing Bushlark) · M. cantillans chadensis (Chad Singing Lark) · M. cantillans marginata (Galla Singing Lark) · M. cheniana (Sourthern Singing Bushlark) · M. chuana (Short-Clawed Lark) · M. collaris (Collared Lark) · M. cordofanica (Kordofan Bush Lark) · M. degodiensis (Degodi Lark) · M. erythrocephala (Indochinese Bush Lark) · M. erythroptera (Red-Winged Singing Bushlark) · M. gilletti (Gillett's Lark) · M. hova (Madagascar Bush Lark) · M. hypermetra (Red-Winged Bush Lark) · M. hypermetra hypermetra (Red-Winged Bush Lark) · M. javanica (Australian Lark) · M. javanica javanica (Eastern Singing Bush Lark) · M. microptera (Burmese Bush Lark) · M. naevia (Large-Billed Sabota Lark) · M. passerina (Monotonous Bush Lark) · M. poecilosterna (Pink-Breasted Lark) · M. pulpa (Friedmann's Bush Lark) · M. rufa (Rusty Bush-Lark) · M. rufocinnamomea (Flappet Lark) · M. sabota (Sabota (Incl. Bradfield's) Lark) · M. sabota sabota (Sabota (Incl. Bradfield's) Lark) · M. sharpii (Somali Lark) · M. somalica (Red Somali Lark) · M. williamsi (Williams's Bush Lark)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 25, p. 499.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 20.
• Postilla. 1968 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 29.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 875.
• Under the African sun; a description of native races in Uganda, sporting adventures and other experiences, by W. J. Ansorge. New York: Longmans, Green, 1899. url p. 349.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Mirafra poecilosterna. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6388
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561159
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13731130
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561159
• IUCN ID: 223915
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 137993

Footnotes

1. Mean = 630.910 meters (2,069.915 feet), Standard Deviation = 317.950 based on 11 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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