Biology:Thick-billed lark
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Ramphocoris Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | R. clotbey
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| Ramphocoris clotbey (Bonaparte, 1850)
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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
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
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
Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993
Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Ramphocoris clotbey". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22717275A118707081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717275A118707081.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22717275/118707081. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Ramphocoris clotbey - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=9ADB6BA5B67E1B65.
- ↑ "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/larks/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1589837 entry
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