Biology:Eremopterix

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Short description: Genus of birds

Eremopterix
Emeropterix.jpg
Males and females of the six
species on the African mainland
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix
Kaup, 1836
Type species
Fringilla otoleuca[1]
Temminck, 1824
Species

See text

Eremopterix distribution map.png
Range of the genus
Synonyms
  • Coraphites
  • Megalotis
  • Pyrrhulauda - A. Smith, 1839[2]

Eremopterix is the genus of sparrow-larks, songbirds in the family Alaudidae. The sparrow-larks are found from Africa to the Indian subcontinent.

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus Eremopterix contains the following extant species:[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Eremopterix australis -Bushmanland, South Africa-8.jpg Eremopterix australis Black-eared sparrow-lark southern Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
Madgascar Lark RWD.jpg Eremopterix hova Madagascar lark Madagascar.
BCSparrow-Lark DSC0722.jpg Eremopterix nigriceps Black-crowned sparrow-lark Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India
Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark,Eremopterix leucotis at Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa (17913598516).jpg Eremopterix leucotis Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN1991 (3).jpg Eremopterix griseus Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark South Asia
Eremopterix signatus.jpg Eremopterix signatus Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark eastern and north-eastern Africa
Grey-backed Sparrowlark (Eremopterix verticalis) (6875326526).jpg Eremopterix verticalis Grey-backed sparrow-lark southern and south-central Africa
Fisher's Sparrow-Lark - Tanzania 2008-03-01 0063 (16759772588).jpg 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

Wikidata ☰ Q304526 entry