Ammomanes
| Ammomanes | |
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| Rufous-tailed lark(Ammomanes phoenicura) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Ammomanes pallida[1] Cabanis 1851
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Ammomanes is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
Extant species
It contains the following three species:[2]
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Ammomanes deserti | Desert lark | from Morocco to western India |
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Ammomanes cinctura | Bar-tailed lark | from Morocco to Pakistan |
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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
Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Ammomanes include:
- Gray's lark ( as Ammomanes grayi)[4]
- Red lark (as Ammomanes burra or Ammomanes burrus)[5]
- Barlow's lark (as Pseudammomanes barlowi)[6]
- Dunn's lark (as Ammomanes dunni)[7]
References
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- ^ "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Ammomanopsis grayi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ^ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ^ "Calendulauda burra - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Calendulauda barlowi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Eremalauda dunni - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.