Angola Lark - BirdForum Opus

Mirafra angolensis

Identification

16–17 cm

• Dark plumage
• Buffy lores
• Faint supercilium
• Longish heavy bill

Distribution

Western and Eastern Africa:
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• M. a. angolensis :

• Northern and west-central Angola

• M. a. antonii (minyanyae):

• Eastern Angola to southern Zaire and north-western Zambia

• M. a. marungensis:

• South-eastern Zaire (Marungu Plateau)

Habitat

Dry lowland grassland and seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

Behaviour

Diet

Ground feeders. Their main diet consists of insects, including beetles and grasshoppers; also seeds.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Angola Lark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Angola_Lark

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