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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{for|the southern African species of similar name|Southern Thick-billed Lark}}
{{About|the bird|the genus of [[Nabidae|Nabid]] bugs|Rhamphocoris|the southern African species of similar name|Southern thick-billed lark}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| name = Thick-billed Lark
| image = Alouette de Clot Bey Ramphocoris clotbey.jpg
| image = Thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) Kebili.jpg
| image_caption = Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Ramphocoris clotbey'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T22717275A118707081 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717275A118707081.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| parent_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| taxon = Ramphocoris clotbey
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
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| authority = ([[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850)
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| synonyms = * ''Melanocorypha clot-bey''
| familia = [[Alaudidae]]
* ''Rhamphocorys clotbey''
| genus = '''''Rhamphocoris'''''
| range_map = Ramphocoris clotbey distribution map.png
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| genus_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850
| species = '''''R. clotbey'''''
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| binomial = ''Rhamphocoris clotbey''
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| binomial_authority = ([[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850)
}}
}}


The '''thick-billed lark''' ('''''Ramphocoris clotbey''''') or '''Clotbey lark''' is a species of [[lark]] in the family [[Alaudidae]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=9ADB6BA5B67E1B65|title=Ramphocoris clotbey - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-09}}</ref>
The '''Thick-billed Lark''' (''Rhamphocoris clotbey'') is a species of [[lark]] in the [[Alaudidae]] family. It was named after [[Dan Mullen]. It is [[monotypic]] within the genus '''''Rhamphocoris'''''.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} It is found in [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Libya]], [[Mauritania]], [[Morocco]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Tunisia]], and [[Yemen]].


==Taxonomy and systematics==
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Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[subtropical]] or [[tropical]] dry [[shrubland]] and hot [[desert]]s.
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'''''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/larks/|title=Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>


==Distribution and habitat==
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It is found in northern Africa from Mauritania and Morocco to Libya, also in central regions of the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[subtropical]] or [[tropical]] dry [[shrubland]] and hot [[desert]]s.

==Gallery==
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Thick-billed Lark.ogg|Adult Saudi Arabia 1993
Thick-billed Lark.ogv|Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993
Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT 224 Tamrikat Mauritanie HdB.jpg|Eggs of ''Ramphocoris clotbey'' [[MHNT]]
Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT 224 Tamrikat Mauritanie HdB.jpg|Eggs of ''Ramphocoris clotbey'' [[MHNT]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
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{{Commons category|Ramphocoris clotbey}}
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52883/all ''Rhamphocoris clotbey'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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{{Wikispecies|Rhamphocoris clotbey}}
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Alaudidae|thick-billed lark]]
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{{commons category|Rhamphocoris clotbey}}
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[[Category:Birds of North Africa]]
{{wikispecies|Rhamphocoris clotbey}}
[[Category:Birds of the Middle East]]
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[[Category:Birds described in 1850|thick-billed lark]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte|thick-billed lark]]
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]


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[[Category:Alaudidae]]
[[Category:Monotypic bird genera]]
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[[Category:Animals described in 1850]]
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[[Category:Birds of Western Sahara]]


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Latest revision as of 16:39, 11 June 2024

This article is about the bird. For the genus of Nabid bugs, see Rhamphocoris. For the southern African species of similar name, see Southern thick-billed lark.

Thick-billed lark
Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Ramphocoris
Bonaparte, 1850
Species:
R. clotbey
Binomial name
Ramphocoris clotbey
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Melanocorypha clot-bey
  • Rhamphocorys clotbey

The thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) or Clotbey lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

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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

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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.

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  • Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993
  • Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT
    Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ramphocoris clotbey.
Wikispecies has information related to Rhamphocoris clotbey.
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Ramphocoris clotbey". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22717275A118707081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717275A118707081.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Ramphocoris clotbey - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  3. ^ "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.


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