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Mirafra fasciolata (Eastern clapper lark) 

Hoëveldklappertjie [Afrikaans]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Alaudidae > Genus: Mirafra

Mirafra fasciolata (Eastern clapper lark) Mirafra fasciolata (Eastern clapper lark) 

Eastern clapper-lark. [photo Neil Gray ©]

Eastern clapper-lark, Etosha National Park, Namibia. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Mirafra fasciolata (Eastern clapper lark)  

Eastern clapper lark nest with chicks, [photo Warwick Tarboton ©]