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Eremopterix

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Eremopterix

Higher classification
  
Lark

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Alaudidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus


Lower classifications
  
Black‑crowned sparrow‑lark, Ashy‑crowned sparrow‑lark, Chestnut‑backed sparrow‑lark, Grey‑backed sparrow‑lark, Fischer's sparrow‑lark

Female ashy crowned sparro lark or black bellied finch lark or eremopterix griseus


Eremopterix is the genus of sparrow-larks, songbirds in the family Alaudidae. The sparrow-larks are found from Africa to the Indian subcontinent.

Contents

Black crowned sparrow lark eremopterix nigriceps


Extant species

The genus Eremopterix contains the following extant species:

  • Black-eared sparrow-lark (Eremopterix australis)
  • Madagascan lark (Eremopterix hova)
  • Black-crowned sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
  • Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucotis)
  • Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark (Eremopterix griseus)
  • Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix signatus)
  • Grey-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis)
  • Fischer's sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia)
  • Former species

    Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Eremopterix:

  • Arabian Dunn's lark (as Pyrrhulauda eremodites)
  • References

    Eremopterix Wikipedia


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