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Eremopterix
Males and females of the six
species on the African mainland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix
Kaup, 1836
Type species
Fringilla otoleuca [1]
Temminck, 1824
Species

See text

Range of the genus
Synonyms

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

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus Eremopterix contains the following extant species: [3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Eremopterix australis Black-eared sparrow-lark southern Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
Eremopterix hova Madagascar lark Madagascar.
Eremopterix nigriceps Black-crowned sparrow-lark Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India
Eremopterix leucotis Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Eremopterix griseus Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark South Asia
Eremopterix signatus Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark eastern and north-eastern Africa
Eremopterix verticalis Grey-backed sparrow-lark southern and south-central Africa
Eremopterix leucopareia Fischer's sparrow-lark central 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:

References

  1. ^ "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Mlíkovský, Jirí (1998). "Generic name of southern snowfinches" (PDF). Forktail. 14: 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eremopterix
Males and females of the six
species on the African mainland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix
Kaup, 1836
Type species
Fringilla otoleuca [1]
Temminck, 1824
Species

See text

Range of the genus
Synonyms

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

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus Eremopterix contains the following extant species: [3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Eremopterix australis Black-eared sparrow-lark southern Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
Eremopterix hova Madagascar lark Madagascar.
Eremopterix nigriceps Black-crowned sparrow-lark Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India
Eremopterix leucotis Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Eremopterix griseus Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark South Asia
Eremopterix signatus Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark eastern and north-eastern Africa
Eremopterix verticalis Grey-backed sparrow-lark southern and south-central Africa
Eremopterix leucopareia Fischer's sparrow-lark central 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:

References

  1. ^ "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Mlíkovský, Jirí (1998). "Generic name of southern snowfinches" (PDF). Forktail. 14: 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ 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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