Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix
Species: E. australis – E. griseus – E. leucopareia – E. leucotis – E. nigriceps – E. signatus – E. verticalis
Name
Eremopterix Kaup, 1836
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:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Eremopterix australis | Black-eared sparrow-lark | southern Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa |
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Eremopterix hova | Madagascar lark | Madagascar. |
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Eremopterix nigriceps | Black-crowned sparrow-lark | Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India |
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Eremopterix leucotis | Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark | Africa south of the Sahara Desert. |
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Eremopterix griseus | Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark | South Asia |
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Eremopterix signatus | Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark | eastern and north-eastern Africa |
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Eremopterix verticalis | Grey-backed sparrow-lark | southern and south-central Africa |
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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
Mlíkovský, Jirí (1998). "Generic name of southern snowfinches" (PDF). Forktail. 14: 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2012.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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