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Mirafra williamsi (Williams's Lark)

Wikipedia Abstract

Williams's lark (Mirafra williamsi) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. Discovered in 1955, much of its life and ecology is still a mystery to ornithology. The bird is named after John George Williams (1913-1997) a British ornithologist who was curator of the Coryndon Museum in Nairobi, Kenya (now called the National Museums of Kenya).
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
30
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.3283
EDGE Score: 2.68489
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  50 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Dida Galgalu desert Kenya A1, A2, A3
Shaba National Reserve Kenya A1, A2, A3

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0