Kordofan lark (Mirafra cordofanica) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Mirafra |
| Species: | M. cordofanica
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| Mirafra cordofanica Strickland, 1852
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Taxonomy and systematics
editAlternate names for the Kordofan lark include golden lark, Kordofan bush lark and Kordofan singing bushlark.[2]
Distribution and habitat
editThe Kordofan lark has a large range that spans the continent from Mauritania and Senegal to Niger, eastern Chad, southern Sudan and northern South Sudan. Its global extent of occurrence is estimated at 1,900,000 km2.[3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Mirafra cordofanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717023A94518376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717023A94518376.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Mirafra cordofanica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ Compilers Stuart Butchart; Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Kordofan Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
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