The red-winged lark (Mirafra hypermetra) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in eastern Africa.
The red-winged lark is taken to form a species complex with the allopatric[2] rufous-naped lark, and perhaps with the Somali lark. The name "red-winged lark" is sometimes used as an alternate name for the Indian bush lark. The alternate names red-winged bush lark and rufous-winged bush lark may also be used to describe the Indian bush lark or the Bengal bush lark respectively.[3][4]
Four subspecies are recognized:[5]
It is a larger version of the rufous-naped lark, with a more robust bill and longer tail,[6] but their morphological and vocal features do not intergrade where they occur together.[7]
It has a patchy but quite extensive range in equatorial eastern Africa. It occurs within Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, and its estimated global extent of occurrence is 660,000 km2.[1] Its total population has yet to be quantified, but is believed to be large.[1]
Its natural habitat is savanna[6] in tropical to subtropical dry, open, lowland.
The red-winged lark (Mirafra hypermetra) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in eastern Africa.
