Bar-tailed lark

Bar-tailed lark
At Jebil National Park, Tunisia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Ammomanes
Species:
A. cinctura
Binomial name
Ammomanes cinctura
(Gould, 1839)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Ammomanes cincturus
  • Ammomanes cinturus
  • Melanocorypha cinctura
Eggs of Ammomanes cincturus arenicolor MHNT

The bar-tailed lark or bar-tailed desert lark (Ammomanes cinctura) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. Two other species, the rufous-tailed lark and the Cape clapper lark are both also sometimes referred to using the name bar-tailed lark. It is found from Morocco to Pakistan. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. This is in many places a common species, but elsewhere rather less common. It has a very wide distribution and faces no obvious threats, but surveys have shown that it is slowly decreasing in numbers. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".[1]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2019). "Ammomanes cinctura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22717236A155455024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22717236A155455024.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.