Mirafra javanica [javanica] (Horsfield's Bushlark [javanica])

Horsfield's Bushlark [javanica]

Mirafra javanica [javanica] Horsfield, T 1821

Horsfield's bush lark is a species of lark which inhabits grassland throughout most of Australia and much of Southeast Asia. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Mirafra
Scientific:
  Mirafra javanica [javanica]

Original description

Citation:
Horsfield, T 1821

Reference:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1), 13 p.159

Protonym:
Mirafra Javanica

Type locality:
? Java.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754892

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
CC69CAE1E560A68E

Avibase ID:
avibase-CC69CAE1

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CC69CAE1

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 922782

Geographic range:

Mirafra javanica javanica: southern Borneo, Java, and Bali
Mirafra javanica [williamsoni or beaulieui]: local in southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, and southern Vietnam
Mirafra javanica philippinensis: northern Philippines (Luzon and Mindoro)
Mirafra javanica mindanensis: southern Philippines (Mindanao)
Mirafra javanica parva: Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, and Flores)
Mirafra javanica timorensis: eastern Lesser Sundas (Sawu and Timor)
Mirafra javanica aliena: northern, northeastern, and southern New Guinea
Mirafra javanica halli: northern Western Australia
Mirafra javanica soderbergi: Arnhem Land (northern Northern Territory), Australia
Mirafra javanica melvillensis: Melville and Bathurst islands (Northern Territory)
Mirafra javanica rufescens: eastern Northern Territory to northwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia
Mirafra javanica horsfieldii: eastern Australia, from northeastern Queensland (southern Cape York Peninsula) southward to southeastern South Australia
Mirafra javanica secunda: southern South Australia
Mirafra javanica forresti: northeastern Western Australia
Mirafra javanica athertonensis: northeastern Queensland (Atherton-Evelyn Tablelands)
Mirafra javanica woodwardi: far northwestern Western Australia
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Horsfield's Bushlark [javanica]
French:
Alouette de Java [javanica]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Horsfield's Bushlark [javanica] ( Mirafra javanica [javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Horsfield's Bushlark [javanica] ( Mirafra javanica [javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Horsfield's Bushlark [javanica] ( Mirafra javanica [javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00: Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Alouette de Java ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Alouette de Java ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Singing Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
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eBird version 2017: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Horsfield's Bushlark (Australasian) ( Mirafra javanica [javanica Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Singing Bushlark (Australasian) ( Mirafra javanica [javanica Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Singing Bushlark (Australasian) ( Mirafra javanica [javanica Group]) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Eastern Singing Bush Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Eastern Singing Bush Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Horsfield's Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Horsfield's Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Horsfield's Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Horsfield's Bush Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
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Oriental Bird Club: Australasian Bushlark ( Mirafra javanica)
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Australasian Lark ( Mirafra javanica) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Mirafra javanica [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Mirafra javanica [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Mirafra javanica

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