Flappet lark

Flappet lark
A. r. fischeri in the DRC
A. r. kawirondensis in Uganda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Amirafra
Species:
A. rufocinnamomea
Binomial name
Amirafra rufocinnamomea
(Salvadori, 1866)
Subspecies

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     resident range[2]
Synonyms
  • Megalophonus rufocinnamomea
  • Mirafra fischeri
  • Mirafra rufo-cinnamomea

The flappet lark (Amirafra rufocinnamomea) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae that is widespread across Sub-Saharan Africa. The name flappet originates from the distinctive wing flapping sound made during its breeding season.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Mirafra rufocinnamomea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22717068A118709779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717068A118709779.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Based on maps in the Handbook of the Birds of the World and the BirdLife data zone
  3. ^ Wingflap Dialects in the Flappet Lark https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/75566/j.1474-919X.1973.tb02644.x.pdf?sequence=1