Friedmann's Lark (Mirafra pulpa) | Photos and ID

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Friedmann's Lark (Mirafra pulpa), photo 1 — Photo: Jonathan Walz · CC BY 4.0

Friedmann's Lark (Mirafra pulpa), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Jonathan Walz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

It is best identified by its distinctive song; a long, drawn-out singular note, hoo-ee-oo (with slight stress on the ee), repeated at 1 or 2 second intervals. It is heard more often at night, and given while atop a bush or during undulating display flights.

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When to see the Friedmann's Lark

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Friedmann's Lark

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Kenya Tanzania

About the Friedmann's Lark

Friedmann's lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in East Africa.

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Easily confused with

Williams's LarkMirafra williamsiWilliams's lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. Kordofan LarkMirafra cordofanicaKordofan lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa.

White-tailed LarkMirafra albicaudaThe white-tailed lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa.

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