Jerdon's bush lark
| Jerdon's bush lark | |
|---|---|
| in Sri Lanka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Plocealauda |
| Species: | P. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Plocealauda affinis (Blyth, 1845) | |
| range in bright green | |
| Synonyms | |
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Jerdon's bush lark (Plocealauda affinis) or Jerdon's lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in south Asia. This was formerly placed in the genus Mirafra and considered as a subspecies of Mirafra assamica and termed as the Madras bushlark. Two other species in the complex includde Mirafra marionae and Mirafra microptera. Jerdon's bush lark is typically very pale on the underside