Red-winged Lark

Mirafra hypermetra - Alouette polyglotte

Alouette polyglotte
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Alaudidés

  • Genus
    :

    Mirafra

  • Species
    :

    hypermetra

Descriptor

Reichenow, 1879

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 23 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 44 à 68 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Alouette polyglotte
adult
Alouette polyglotte
First year

Red-winged Lark (Mirafra hypermetra) is a species of bird in the Alaudidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Mirafra hypermetra hypermetra (s Somalia to ne Tanzania)
  • Mirafra hypermetra kathangorensis (se Sudan)
  • Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis (s Sudan and ne Uganda)
  • Mirafra hypermetra gallarum (Ethiopia)

Foreign names

  • Alouette polyglotte,
  • Alondra alirroja,
  • cotovia-de-asa-vermelha,
  • Riesenlerche,
  • Grote Struikleeuwerik,
  • Allodola alirosse,
  • rödvingad lärka,
  • Rødvingelerke,
  • škovránok veľký,
  • skřivan keňský,
  • Rødvinget Busklærke,
  • punasiipikiuru,
  • alosa ala-roja,
  • skowroniec duży,
  • Большой кустарниковый жаворонок,
  • サビバネヤブヒバリ,
  • 红翅歌百灵,
  • 紅翅歌百靈,

Voice song and cries

Alouette polyglotte
adult

Habitat

Alouette polyglotte
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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