Ammomanes

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Ammomanes
Rufous-tailed lark(Ammomanes phoenicura)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Ammomanes
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Ammomanes pallida[1]
Cabanis 1851
Species

3, see text

Ammomanes is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae.

Taxonomy and systematics[edit]

Extant species[edit]

It contains the following three species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Ammomanes deserti Desert lark from Morocco to western India
Ammomanes cinctura Bar-tailed lark from Morocco to Pakistan
Ammomanes phoenicura Rufous-tailed lark India and parts of Pakistan

Additionally, some authorities continue to place Gray's lark within the genus Ammomanes.[3]

Former species[edit]

Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Ammomanes include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Ammomanopsis grayi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  4. ^ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  5. ^ "Calendulauda burra - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  6. ^ "Calendulauda barlowi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  7. ^ "Eremalauda dunni - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.