Biology:Gillett's lark

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Short description: Species of bird

Gillett's lark
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Gillett's lark (top left), in an illustration by Henrik Grönvold
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species:
M. gilletti
Binomial name
Mirafra gilletti
Sharpe, 1895
Subspecies

See text

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     resident range

Gillett's lark (Mirafra gilletti) or Gillett's bushlark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in eastern Africa.

Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • M. g. gilletti - Sharpe, 1895: Found in eastern Ethiopia and northwestern Somalia
  • Degodi lark (M. g. degodiensis) - Érard, 1976: Originally described as a separate species. Found in southeastern Ethiopia
  • M. g. arorihensis - Érard, 1976: Found in central Somalia to northeastern Kenya

Distribution and habitat

Mirafra gilletti has a somewhat wide range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 690,000 km2 over Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.[2]

Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

  1. "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref. 
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named IUCN

Wikidata ☰ Q1588320 entry