Ammomanes | |
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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.
It contains the following three species: [2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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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]
Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Ammomanes include:
Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.
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Calandrella is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.
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