Thick-billed lark

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Thick-billed lark
Thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) Kebili.jpg
Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Ramphocoris
Bonaparte, 1850
Species:
R. clotbey
Binomial name
Ramphocoris clotbey
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Ramphocoris clotbey distribution map.png
Synonyms
  • Melanocorypha clot-bey
  • Rhamphocorys clotbey

The thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) or Clotbey lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. [2]

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Taxonomy and systematics

It was named after Antoine Clot. It was originally described as belonging to the genus Melanocorypha and is now placed in the monotypic genus Ramphocoris. [3]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in northern Africa from Mauritania and Morocco to Libya, also in central regions of the Arabian Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Ramphocoris clotbey". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22717275A118707081. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717275A118707081.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Ramphocoris clotbey - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  3. "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.