Singing Bush Lark
Photo · Mathews, 1912

BirdUp · Species

Singing Bush Lark

Mirafra javanicaHorsfield, 1821

Least ConcernNative
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Alaudidae
Genus
Mirafra
Conservation
Least Concern
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The singing bush lark or Horsfield's bush lark is a species of lark which inhabits grassland throughout most of Australia and much of Southeast Asia. It was described by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
OR, AU : south China and south-east Asia to Philippines, New Guinea and Australia

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

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04 · Voice

What it sounds like

Sonogram of call

Call · Quality B

Rob Nicholson · Mosquito Creek Road, Coolmunda, Goondiwindi Regional, Queensland, Australia

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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