Jerdon's bush lark

Jerdon's bush lark
in Sri Lanka
Song from perch. Bandipur, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Plocealauda
Species:
P. affinis
Binomial name
Plocealauda affinis
(Blyth, 1845)
range in bright green
Synonyms
  • Mirafra assamica affinis

Jerdon's bush lark (Plocealauda affinis) or Jerdon's lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in south Asia. This was formerly considered as a subspecies of Mirafra assamica and termed as the Madras bushlark. Two other species in the complex include Mirafra marionae and Mirafra microptera. Jerdon's bush lark is typically very pale on the underside

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Mirafra affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22732442A95047275. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732442A95047275.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.