Mirafra albicauda

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species: Mirafra albicauda

Name

Mirafra albicauda Reichenow, 1891

The White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

Range

The range of M. albicauda is quite large, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 430,000 square km.,[1] endemic in Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Habitat

The natural habitat of M. albicauda is tropical to subtropical, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

References

^ a b Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "White-tailed Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . Retrieved May 10, 2009.