Thick-billed lark

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For the southern African species of similar name, see Southern thick-billed lark.

Thick-billed lark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Alaudidae
Genus:
Rhamphocoris

Bonaparte, 1850
Species:
R. clotbey
Binomial name
Rhamphocoris clotbey
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Rhamphocorys clotbey
  • Clot bey lark
  • Clotbey lark
  • Clot-Bey's lark

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.[2]

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.

  • Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993
  • Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT
    Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
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