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Thick-billed lark

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Thick-billed lark
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Rhamphocoris

Bonaparte, 1850
Species:
R. clotbey
Binomial name
Rhamphocoris clotbey
(Bonaparte, 1850)

The thick-billed lark (Rhamphocoris clotbey) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It was named after Antoine Clot. It is monotypic within the genus Rhamphocoris.[citation needed]

It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.

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