Justification This species has an extremely 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 Horsfield, 1840

Taxonomic source(s) Alström (1998)

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 northern India, southern Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and western Myanmar.

Ecology: The species inhabits open grassland and fields in plains, generally (but not necessarily) with scattered bushes and trees, where it is largely terrestrial (de Juana et al. 2004).

References de Juana et al. 2004.

Text account compilers Stuart Butchart (BirdLife International), Helen Temple (BirdLife International)

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

Recommended citation BirdLife International (2009) Species factsheet: Mirafra assamica. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/2/2010

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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