Red-winged lark
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Mirafra hypermetra

The red-winged lark (Mirafra hypermetra ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in eastern Africa.

Appearance

It is a larger version of the rufous-naped lark, with a more robust bill and longer tail, but their morphological and vocal features do not intergrade where they occur together.

Distribution

Geography

It has a patchy but quite extensive range in equatorial eastern Africa. It occurs within Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, and its estimated global extent of occurrence is 660,000 km2. Its total population has yet to be quantified, but is believed to be large.

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Its natural habitat is savanna in tropical to subtropical dry, open, lowland.

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Red-winged lark habitat map
Red-winged lark habitat map
Red-winged lark
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References

1. Red-winged lark Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_lark
2. Red-winged lark on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22717038/94518943
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/520230

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