Belongs within: Alaudidae.
Mirafra is a predominantly African genus of larks with sturdy, conical bills.
<==Mirafra Horsfield 1821 [Mirafridae]B94
|--M. affinisJT12
|--M. africanaAP21
| |--M. a. africanaL03
| |--M. a. athi Hartert 1900 [incl. M. africana dohertyi Hartert 1907]L03
| |--M. a. bamendae Serle 1959M-PG70
| |--M. a. batesi Bannerman 1923M-PG70
| |--M. a. chapini Grant & Mackworth-Praed 1939M-PG70
| |--M. a. gomesi White 1944M-PG70
| |--M. a. harterti Neumann 1908L03
| |--M. a. henrici Bates 1930M-PG70
| |--M. a. kabalii Wahite 1943L03
| |--M. a. kurrae Lynes 1923M-PG70
| |--M. a. malbranti Chapin 1946L03
| |--M. a. occidentalis (Hartlaub 1857) [=Megalophus occidentalis]M-PG70
| |--M. a. ruwenzoria Kinnear 1921M-PG70
| |--M. a. stresemanni Bannerman 1923M-PG70
| |--M. a. transvaalensis Hartert 1900L03
| `--M. a. tropicalis Hartert 1900L03
|--M. africanoidesJT12 [=Anacorys africanoidesB93]
| |--M. a. africanoidesB93
| `--M. a. omaruru (Roberts 1936) [=Anacorys africanoides omaruru]B93
|--M. albicauda Reichenow 1891M-PG70
|--M. alopexJT12
|--M. angolensisJT12
| |--M. a. angolensisM-PG70
| |--M. a. antonii Hall 1958M-PG70
| `--M. a. marungensis Hall 1958M-PG70
|--M. apiata (Vieillot 1816) [=Alauda apiata; incl. A. percutiens Wilkes 1796 (nom. rej.)]ICZN96
| |--M. a. apiataB93
| `--M. a. marjoriae Winterbottom 1956B93
|--M. ashiJT12
|--M. assamicaJT12
|--M. cantillansJT12
| |--M. c. cantillansM-PG70
| `--M. c. chadensis Alexander 1908M-PG70
|--M. chenianaJT12
|--M. collarisJT12
|--M. cordofanica Strickland 1852M-PG70
|--M. erythrocephalaJT12
|--M. erythropteraJT12
| |--M. e. erythropteraL03
| `--M. e. furvaL03
|--M. fasciolataAP21
|--M. gillettiJT12
| |--M. g. gillettiL03
| `--M. g. arorihensis Erard 1975L03
|--M. hovaJT12 [=Alauda hovaS66]
|--M. hypermetraJT12
| |--M. h. hypermetraL03
| `--M. h. gallarum Hartert 1907L03
|--M. javanica Horsfield 1821 [incl. M. milligani Mathews 1908]WS48
| |--M. j. javanicaL03
| |--M. j. forresti Mayr & McEvey 1960L03
| |--M. j. halli Bianchi 1905L03, WS48 [=M. horsfieldi halliWS48, M. horsfieldi pallidus Hall 1904 (preoc.)WS48]
| |--M. j. horsfieldii Gould 1847 [incl. M. j. grisescens Hartert 1905, M. j. queenslandica Mathews 1912]L03
| |--M. j. melvillensis Mathews 1912L03
| |--M. j. rufescens Ingram 1906 [incl. M. j. normantoni Mayr & McEvey 1960]L03
| |--M. j. soderbergi Mathews 1921 [=M. j. nigrescens Mathews 1912 non Reichenow 1900]L03
| |--M. j. timorensis Mayr 1944L03
| |--M. j. williamsoniAE06
| `--M. j. woodwardi Milligan 1901 [incl. M. j. subrufescens Mathews 1912]L03
|--M. longonotensis van Someren 1919L03
|--M. micropteraJT12
|--M. nigricansP87
|--M. passerinaJT12
|--M. poecilosternaJT12
|--M. pulpaJT12
|--M. rufaJT12
| |--M. r. rufaM-PG70
| `--M. r. nigriticola Bates 1932M-PG70
|--M. rufocinnamomeaJT12
| |--M. r. rufocinnamomea [=M. fischeri rufocinnamomea; incl. M. degeni]L03
| |--M. r. buckleyi (Shelley 1873) [=Calendrella buckleyi]M-PG70
| |--M. r. fischeri (Reichenow 1878) [=Megalophoneus fischeri; incl. M. rufocinnamomea schoutedeni White 1956]M-PG70
| |--M. r. kawirondensis van Someren 1921 [=M. fischeri kawirondensis]L03
| |--M. r. omoensis Neumann 1928 [=M. fischeri omoensis]L03
| |--M. r. serlei White 1960M-PG70
| `--M. r. tigrina Oustalet 1892M-PG70
|--M. somalicaJT12
`--M. williamsiJT12
*Type species of generic name indicated
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[M-PG70] Mackworth-Praed, C. W., & C. H. B. Grant. 1970. African Handbook of Birds ser. 3 vol. 1. Birds of West Central and Western Africa. Longman: London.
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