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Genus: Mirafra (clapper larks and others)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Alaudidae

Distributed through Africa, Madagascar, Asia and Australasia. Of the 26 species, six occur in southern Africa.

 

Mirafra africana (Rufous-naped lark)

Mirafra apiata (Cape clapper lark) 

Mirafra cheniana (Melodious lark) 

Mirafra fasciolata (Eastern clapper lark) 

Mirafra passerina (Monotonous lark)

Mirafra rufocinnamomea (Flappet lark)