Melodious Lark
Mirafra chenianaSmith, A, 1843
English (US) Melodious Lark
The Melodious Lark (Mirafra cheniana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alaudidae (Larks) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southwestern Kenya, northwestern Tanzania, Botswana to Zimbabwe and interior northeastern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mirafra cheniana
- Family
- Alaudidae (Larks)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Melodious Lark
- Described by
- Smith, A, 1843
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Smith, A, 1843
- Type locality
- no locality = Latakoo, Bechuanaland.
- Original description
- Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 pt.19 pl.89, fig.2,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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