Justification This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Family/Sub-family Alaudidae

Species name author Salvadori & Giglioli, 1885

Taxonomic source(s) Alström (1998)

Synonyms Mirafra marionae Dickinson and Dekker (2001)

Taxonomic note Mirafra assamica (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into M. assamica, M. affinis, M. erythrocephala and M. microptera following Alström (1998).

Population estimate

Population trend

Range estimate (breeding/resident)

Country endemic?

unknown

unset

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No

Range & population This species has a large range in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.

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Ecology: The species inhabits a variety of open habitats with scattered bushes and trees, including cultivation, as well as forest edges and bamboo thickets, to 900 m (de Juana et al. 2004).

References de Juana et al. 2004.

Text account compilers Helen Temple (BirdLife International)

IUCN Red List evaluators Jeremy Bird (BirdLife International), Stuart Butchart (BirdLife International)

Recommended citation BirdLife International (2009) Species factsheet: Mirafra erythrocephala. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 9/2/2010

This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.

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