Eremopterix

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

Eremopterix
Males and females of the six
species on the African mainland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix
Kaup, 1836
Species

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Range of the genus
Synonyms

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus Eremopterix contains the following extant species:[2]


ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Eremopterix australisBlack-eared sparrow-larksouthern Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
Eremopterix hova Madagascan larkMadagascar.
Eremopterix nigricepsBlack-crowned sparrow-larkMauritania through the Middle East to north-western India
Eremopterix leucotisChestnut-backed sparrow-lark Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Eremopterix griseusAshy-crowned sparrow-larkSouth Asia
Eremopterix signatusChestnut-headed sparrow-larkeastern and north-eastern Africa
Eremopterix verticalisGrey-backed sparrow-larksouthern and south-central Africa
Eremopterix leucopareiaFischer's sparrow-larkcentral Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique

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)
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References

  1. Mlíkovský, Jirí (1998). "Generic name of southern snowfinches" (PDF). Forktail. 14: 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.


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