Flappet Lark

Mirafra rufocinnamomea - Alouette bourdonnante

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Alaudidés

  • Genus
    :

    Mirafra

  • Species
    :

    rufocinnamomea

Descriptor

Salvadori, 1866

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 15 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 21 à 32 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Alouette bourdonnante
adult
Alouette bourdonnante
adult

Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea) is a species of bird in the Alaudidae family.

Subspecific information 15 subspecies

  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea rufocinnamomea (nw and c Ethiopia)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea buckleyi (s Mauritania and Senegal to n Cameroon)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea serlei (se Nigeria)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea tigrina (e Cameroon to n DRCongo)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea furensis (wc Sudan)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea sobatensis (c Sudan)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea omoensis (sw Ethiopia)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea torrida (se Sudan and s Ethiopia to n Uganda, c Kenya and c Tanzania)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea kawirondensis (e DRCongo, w Uganda and w Kenya)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea fischeri (Angola, s DRCongo, n Zambia and n Mozambique n through e Tanzania, e Kenya to s Somalia)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea schoutedeni (Gabon and Central African Republic to w DRCongo and nw Angola)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea lwenarum (nw Zambia)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea smithersi (n Zambia, Zimbabwe, ne Botswana and n South Africa)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea pintoi (s Mozambique, Swaziland and ne South Africa)
  • Mirafra rufocinnamomea mababiensis (w Zambia to c Botswana)

Foreign names

  • Alouette bourdonnante,
  • Alondra aplaudidora canela,
  • cotovia-das-castanholas,
  • Baumklapperlerche,
  • Ratelleeuwerik,
  • Allodola a sonagli,
  • kanellärka,
  • Flagrelerke,
  • škovránok klopačkový,
  • skřivan třepetavý,
  • Kanelbusklærke,
  • pärinäkiuru,
  • Laeveldklappertjie,
  • alosa brunzidora,
  • skowroniec cynamonowy,
  • Коричневый кустарниковый жаворонок,
  • ニッケイヤブヒバリ,
  • 垂耳歌百灵,
  • 垂耳歌百靈,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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