The Rufous-naped Larks (Mirafra africana) – also known as Somali Larks – occur naturally in Africa.
Numerous races of Larks are known:
- Mirafra africana africana – Nominate Race – Southern Natal to eastern Cape Province
- Mirafra africana henrici: Guinea to Liberia
- Mirafra africana batesi: Niger to Nigeria
- Mirafra africana bamendae: Western Cameroon
- Mirafra africana stresemanni:
- Northern Cameroon in the Adamawa Region, around town of Ngaoundéré
- Mirafra africana kurrae: Sudan in the Kurra and Darfur provinces
- Mirafra africana ruwenzoria: Eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to southwestern Uganda
- Mirafra africana tropicalis: Southern Uganda to western Kenya and northern Tanzania
- Mirafra africana athi: Central Kenya, around Nairobi and Nakuru, to northeastern Tanzania
- Mirafra africana harterti: Eastern Kenya, around Ukamba
- Mirafra africana occidentalis: Western Angola in the Huila escarpment north to Kisama
- Mirafra africana gomesi: Eastern Angola – around Macondo, to northwestern Zambia (Kabompo)
- Mirafra africana kabalii: NE Angola (Luiacana) and w Zambia (Balovale)
- Mirafra africana pallida: Namibia (Windhoek north to Kaokoveld and Ovamboland)
- Mirafra africana ghansiensis: Namibia and w Botswana
- Mirafra africana chapini: Southern parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia
- Mirafra africana nigrescens: Northeastern Zambia and southern Tanzania
- Mirafra africana transvaalensis: Southeastern Botswana to Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa
- Mirafra africana nyikae: Nyika Plateau in eastern Zambia and Malawi
- Mirafra africana isolata: Malawi
- Mirafra africana grisescens: Western Zambia to northwestern Zimbabwe and northern Botswana
- Mirafra africana malbranti: Central and southern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to southeastern Gabon
- Mirafra sharpii: Northwestern Somalia
