Ammomanes

Ammomanes
Rufous-tailed lark(Ammomanes phoenicura)
Scientific classification
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

Extant species

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

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

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.