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Mirafra javanica  Horsfield, 1821
Taxonomic Serial No.: 561156

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Singing Bush Lark [English]
  
    Alouette de Java [French]
  
    cotovia-australasiática [Portuguese]
  
    cotovia-javanesa [Portuguese]
  
    Alondra de Java [Spanish]
  
       
  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 javanica Horsfield, 1821 – Singing Bush Lark, Alouette de Java, cotovia-australasiática, cotovia-javanesa, Alondra de Java  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica aliena Greenway, 1935  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica athertonensis Schodde & I. J. Mason, 1999  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica cantillans Blyth, 1845  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica chadensis Alexander, 1908  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica forresti Mayr & McEvey, 1960  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica halli Bianchi, 1907  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica horsfieldii Gould, 1847  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica javanica Horsfield, 1821  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica marginata Hawker, 1898  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica melvillensis Mathews, 1912  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica mindanensis Hachisuka, 1931  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica parva Swinhoe, 1871  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica philippinensis R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay, 1886  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica rufescens C. Ingram, 1906  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica secunda Sharpe, 1890  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica simplex (Heuglin, 1868)  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica soderbergi Mathews, 1921  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica timorensis Mayr, 1944  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica williamsoni E. C. S. Baker, 1915  
                                     Subspecies Mirafra javanica woodwardi Milligan, 1901  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Mirafra javanica    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Mirafra javanica, Singing Bush Lark [English]   
       
  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 javanica   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Horsfield, Thomas  
  Publication Date: 1821   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematic Arrangement and Description of Birds from the Island of Java   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, vol. 13   
  Page(s): 133-200   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754866   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
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