Horsfield’s Bush Lark

Mirafra javanica

Description

Mirafra javanica is a small, brown bird with gray stripes and spots, the underside is pale yellow with black stripes, has a thick beak and short legs and tail.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

14 cm

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

So

Solitary

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Alaudidae

GENUS

:

Mirafra

SPECIES

:

Mirafra javanica

Distribution

In Java and Bali, this bird is quite common in open habitats at an altitude of 800 meters above sea level, such as short grass and rice stumps.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : This bird is spread in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Java, and Bali) to Australia.

Habits and Lifestyle

Mirafra javanica is usually seen aloof or in scattered groups, walking on the ground or taking a weak, pounding, bumpy flight. singing on the ground or in the air during flight or hovering and while slowly descending vertically. Sometimes chirping at night, perching on telegraph cables or bushes. dust baths regularly.

Lifestyle

Solitary

Biome

Short grass and rice stumps

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Mirafra javanica mainly preys on insects and other invertebrates, sometimes eating some seeds and vegetables.

Diet : Insectivora

Mating Habits

in Java the Mirafra javanica breeding season is from March to September with a peak between May and August. The nests are cup-shaped and sometimes semi-domed in the form of grass. The eggs are buff colored with gray and brown spots, totaling 3 or 4

Reproduction session : from March to September with a peak between May and August

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 3 or 4 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

This species has a very wide range, and therefore does not approach the Vulnerability threshold below the range size criteria, so the species is evaluated as of Least Concern on the IUCN red list

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Mirafra javanica on The IUCN Red List site