Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana) - BirdLife species factsheet

Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Mirafra africana and M. sharpii (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as M. africana following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993).

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	17,400,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	3.43 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally common (del Hoyo et al. 2004). The population is estimated to be in decline following recorded changes in the species's range as it becomes increasingly fragmented in the north of its distribution (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Trend justification: The population is estimated to be in decline following recorded changes in the species's range as it becomes increasingly fragmented in the north of its distribution (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Angola	extant	native	yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Lesotho	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	uncertain	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rufous-naped-lark-mirafra-africana on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.