Thick-billed lark
For the southern African species of similar name, see Southern thick-billed lark.
| Thick-billed lark | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Rhamphocoris Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | R. clotbey |
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| Rhamphocoris clotbey (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
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The thick-billed lark (Rhamphocoris clotbey) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It was named after Antoine Clot. It is monotypic within the genus Rhamphocoris.[2]
It is found in northern Africa from Mauritania and Morocco to Libya, also in central regions of the Arabian Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.
Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993
Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Rhamphocoris clotbey". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
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