Gray's lark

Gray's lark
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Ammomanopsis; Bianchi, 1905
Species:	A. grayi
Binomial name
	Ammomanopsis grayi; (Wahlberg, 1855)
Subspecies
	See text
Synonyms
	Ammomanes grayi (formerly); ; Gray's desert lark; Gray's sand lark;

Gray's lark (Ammomanopsis grayi) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in south-western Africa in its natural habitat of hot deserts.^[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

Gray's lark was formerly considered a species within the sister genus Ammomanes until re-classified in 2009 by the IOC into the monotypic genus Ammomanopsis.^[3] Some authorities still consider the species as Ammomanes grayi.^[4]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:^[5]

A. g. hoeschi - (Niethammer, 1955): Found in north-western Namibia and south-western Angola
A. g. grayi - (Wahlberg, 1855): Found in west-central and south-western Namibia

References

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^ "The Atlas of Southern African Birds" (PDF). Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
^ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
^ "Ammomanopsis grayi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.

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[1] Template:IUCN

[2] "The Atlas of Southern African Birds" (PDF). Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2. Retrieved November 9, 2016.

[3] "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

[4] "Ammomanopsis grayi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

[5] "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.

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