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Mirafra africana  A. Smith, 1836
Taxonomic Serial No.: 561139

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Rufous-naped Lark [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyAlaudidae Vigors, 1825 – Larks  
                               GenusMirafra Horsfield, 1821  
                                  SpeciesMirafra africana A. Smith, 1836 – Rufous-naped Lark  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana africana A. Smith, 1836  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana athi Hartert, 1900  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana bamendae Serle, 1959  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana batesi Bannerman, 1923  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana chapini Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1939  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana ghansiensis (Roberts, 1932)  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana gomesi C. M. N. White, 1944  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana grisescens Sharpe, 1902  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana harterti Neumann, 1908  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana henrici Bates, 1930  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana isolata Clancey, 1956  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana kabalii C. M. N. White, 1943  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana kurrae Lynes, 1923  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana malbranti Chapin, 1946  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana nigrescens Reichenow, 1900  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana nyikae Benson, 1939  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana occidentalis (Hartlaub, 1857)  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana pallida Sharpe, 1902  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana ruwenzoria Kinnear, 1921  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana sharpii Elliot, 1897  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana stresemanni Bannerman, 1923  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana transvaalensis Hartert, 1900  
                                     SubspeciesMirafra africana tropicalis Hartert, 1900  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Mirafra africana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.04, website (version 04-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Mirafra africana   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Mirafra africana, Rufous-naped Lark [English]   
       

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