Grey-backed sparrow-lark | |
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Male in Northern Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Eremopterix |
Species: | E. verticalis |
Binomial name | |
Eremopterix verticalis (Smith, 1836) | |
Subspecies | |
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Synonyms | |
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The grey-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis) or grey-backed finch-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Sometimes, the name 'grey-backed sparrow-lark' is also used to describe the black-eared sparrow-lark.
Four subspecies are recognized: [2]
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Michael Patrick Stuart Irwin was a British-Rhodesian ornithologist.
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