Melodious Lark

Mirafra cheniana

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsGrasslandDomed nestSmall · 29 g

When to see the Melodious Lark

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Melodious Lark

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Lesotho.

About the Melodious Lark

The melodious lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in southern Africa. It is currently threatened by habitat loss.

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