Thick-billed lark
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| Thick-billed lark | |
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| Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Ramphocoris Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | R. clotbey
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramphocoris clotbey (Bonaparte, 1850)
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| File:Ramphocoris clotbey distribution map.png | |
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The thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) or Clotbey lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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.
Gallery
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Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993 -
Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT
References
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