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Taxonomic note
Mirafra javanica (Christidis and Boles [2008]; Sibley and Monroe [1990, 1993]) and M. cantillans (Dowsett and Forbes-Watson [1993]; Sibley and Monroe [1990, 1993]) have been lumped into M. javanica following del Hoyo and Collar (2016).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	nomadic	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	23 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	73,900,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	74,300,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native	yes
Benin	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Cambodia	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Eritrea	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native			yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Laos	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Mauritania	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Niger	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Oman	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native	yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes
Philippines	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes
Timor-Leste	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes
Yemen	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Horsfield's Bushlark Mirafra javanica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/horsfields-bushlark-mirafra-javanica on 04/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 04/12/2024.