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The Madagascar lark (Eremopterix hova) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae endemic to Madagascar. The Madagascar lark is very similar to many of the other Mirafra larks to which it was formerly thought to be related. It is a small lark, 13 cm (5.1 in) long, with greyish-brown upperparts streaked with darker brown, and whitish below with blackish streaks or spots on the upper breast; the wings are dark brown with paler fringes on the primary and secondary feathers often visible as a pale panel on the closed wing, as in most Mirafra species. Unlike the other Eremopterix larks with their boldly patterned males, but again like Mirafra larks, it does not show any sexual dimorphism. The legs are pinkish-brown, and the bill pinkish or buffy with a greyer tip; the bill is fairly slender, again like Mirafra larks, not the thick finch-like seed-eating bill of the other Eremopterix larks. The range of the Madagascan lark is large, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of greater than 100,000 km2. Its natural habitats encompass any open habitat in Madagascar, from dry savannah, dry shrubland to open woodland, and is found from sea-level to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) altitude. The species has probably benefited from forest clearances and the spread of agriculture, and can be found in rice paddies and near roads across the island.