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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Colston, P. R. 1982. A new species of Mirafra (Alaudidae) and new races of the Somali Long-billed Lark Mirafra somalica, Thekla Lark Galerida malabarica and Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae from southern coastal Somalia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 102: 106-114.

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.

del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Christie, D. 2004. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Donald, P. F. and Alström, P. 2021 in press. The Larks of the World. Bloomsbury, London.

Donald, P.F. & Alström, P. 2021. The Larks of the World. Bloomsbury, London. (in press).

Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2021. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

Omuto, C.T., Balint, Z., and Alim, M.S. 2011. A framework for national assessment of land degradation in the drylands: a case study of Somalia. Land Degradation & Development 35: 105-119.

Ryan,. P. 2020. Ash's Lark (Mirafra ashi), version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana (eds), Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Somali Lark Mirafra somalica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/somali-lark-mirafra-somalica on 16/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 16/01/2025.