Eremopterix
Eremopterix is the genus of sparrow-larks, songbirds in the family Alaudidae. The sparrow-larks are found from Africa to the Indian subcontinent.
| Eremopterix | |
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| Males and females of the six species on the African mainland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Eremopterix Kaup, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla otoleuca[1] Temminck, 1824 | |
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| Range of the genus | |
| Synonyms | |
Taxonomy and systematics
Extant species
The genus Eremopterix contains the following extant species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eremopterix australis | Black-eared sparrow-lark | southern Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa |
 | Eremopterix hova | Madagascar lark | Madagascar. |
 | Eremopterix nigriceps | Black-crowned sparrow-lark | Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India |
.jpg.webp) | Eremopterix leucotis | Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark | Africa south of the Sahara Desert. |
.jpg.webp) | Eremopterix griseus | Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark | South Asia |
 | Eremopterix signatus | Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark | eastern and north-eastern Africa |
_(6875326526).jpg.webp) | Eremopterix verticalis | Grey-backed sparrow-lark | southern and south-central Africa |
.jpg.webp) | Eremopterix leucopareia | Fischer's sparrow-lark | central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique |
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Eremopterix:
- Arabian Dunn's lark (as Pyrrhulauda eremodites)
References
- "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- Mlíkovský, Jirí (1998). "Generic name of southern snowfinches" (PDF). Forktail. 14: 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2012.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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