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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Williams's Lark
| image =
| image =
| status = DD
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Mirafra williamsi'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22717028A131748247 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717028A131748247.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Aves]]
| genus = Mirafra
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| species = williamsi
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| authority = [[James David Macdonald (ornithologist)|Macdonald]], 1956
| familia = [[Alaudidae]]
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| synonyms =
| genus = ''[[Mirafra]]''
| species = '''''M. williamsi'''''
| range_map = Mirafra williamsi distribution map.png
}}
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| binomial = ''Mirafra williamsi''
| binomial_authority = Macdonald, 1956
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| synonyms = }}
The '''Williams's Lark''' ('''''Mirafra williamsi''''') is a species of [[lark]] in the [[Alaudidae]] family.
It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Kenya]].
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[[Category:Fauna of Kenya]]
Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical dry [[shrubland]].
==Source==
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/13575/all Mirafra williamsi]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


'''Williams's lark''' ('''''Mirafra williamsi''''') is a species of [[lark]] in the family [[Alaudidae]]. Discovered in 1955, much of its life and ecology is still a mystery to [[ornithology]].<ref name=bi>{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8099&m=0 |title=''Williams's Lark – BirdLife Species Factsheet'' |author1=Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart |author2=Mike Evans |author3=Pete Robertson |author4=Malcolm Starkey |author5=Andy Symes |others= B Finch |work=Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart, Alison Stattersfield |publisher=[[BirdLife International]] |year=2008 |access-date=May 9, 2009}}</ref>
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[[Category:Mirafra]]
==Taxonomy and systematics==
The bird is named after John George Williams (1913–1997) a British ornithologist who was curator of the Coryndon Museum in Nairobi, Kenya (now called the [[National Museums of Kenya]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Beolens|first=Bo|title=Whose Bird? Men and Women commemorated in the common names of birds|year=2003|publisher=Christopher Helm|location=London|isbn=0-7136-6647-1|page=368}}</ref> Alternate names for Williams's lark include '''Marsabit lark''' and '''Williams's bush lark'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=4E61514CE3D00B2D|title=Mirafra williamsi – Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref>

== Distribution and habitat ==
In general, the natural [[habitat]] of ''M. williamsi'' is subtropical or tropical dry [[shrubland]]. Its [[range (biology)|range]] is restricted to northern Kenya where it is found in two disjunct [[population]]s:

One population is located north of [[Marsabit]], in the [[Didi Galgalla]] desert, a region marked by plains of rocky, red [[andisols|lava soil]]s and patches of [[Poaceae|short-grass]] and [[shrub|bushes]].<ref name=bi/>

The other inhabits a particular area (elevated between 600&nbsp;m and 1,350&nbsp;m) lying between [[Isiolo]] and [[Garba Tula]]. It has even, unbroken communities of ''[[Barleria]]'' shrubs.<ref name=bi/>

== Behaviour and ecology ==
The males of the species perform long, drawn-out, conspicuous song-flights above their territories after the rains at dawn, making them easy to find at this time.<ref name=bi/>

=== Food and feeding ===
Williams's larks consume various seeds and insects.<ref name=bi/>

==References==
{{Commons category|Mirafra williamsi}}
{{Wikispecies|Mirafra williamsi}}
{{Reflist}}

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Williams's lark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Mirafra
Species:
M. williamsi
Binomial name
Mirafra williamsi
Macdonald, 1956

Williams's lark (Mirafra williamsi) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. Discovered in 1955, much of its life and ecology is still a mystery to ornithology.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

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The bird is named after John George Williams (1913–1997) a British ornithologist who was curator of the Coryndon Museum in Nairobi, Kenya (now called the National Museums of Kenya).[3] Alternate names for Williams's lark include Marsabit lark and Williams's bush lark.[4]

Distribution and habitat

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In general, the natural habitat of M. williamsi is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Its range is restricted to northern Kenya where it is found in two disjunct populations:

One population is located north of Marsabit, in the Didi Galgalla desert, a region marked by plains of rocky, red lava soils and patches of short-grass and bushes.[2]

The other inhabits a particular area (elevated between 600 m and 1,350 m) lying between Isiolo and Garba Tula. It has even, unbroken communities of Barleria shrubs.[2]

Behaviour and ecology

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The males of the species perform long, drawn-out, conspicuous song-flights above their territories after the rains at dawn, making them easy to find at this time.[2]

Food and feeding

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Williams's larks consume various seeds and insects.[2]

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mirafra williamsi.
Wikispecies has information related to Mirafra williamsi.
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Mirafra williamsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717028A131748247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717028A131748247.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart; Mike Evans; Pete Robertson; Malcolm Starkey; Andy Symes (2008). "Williams's Lark – BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart, Alison Stattersfield. B Finch. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women commemorated in the common names of birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 368. ISBN 0-7136-6647-1.
  4. ^ "Mirafra williamsi – Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-10.


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