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| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Alaudidae]]
| familia = [[Alaudidae]]
| genus = '''''Rhamphocoris'''''
| genus = '''''Ramphocoris'''''
| genus_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850
| genus_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850
| species = '''''R. clotbey'''''
| species = '''''R. clotbey'''''
| binomial = ''Rhamphocoris clotbey''
| binomial = ''Ramphocoris clotbey''
| binomial_authority = ([[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850)
| binomial_authority = ([[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850)
| synonyms = * ''Melanocorypha clot-bey''
| synonyms = * ''Melanocorypha clot-bey''
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The '''thick-billed lark''' (''Rhamphocoris clotbey'') or '''Clotbey lark''' is a species of [[lark]] in the [[Alaudidae]] family.<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''' (''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>


==Taxonomy and systematics==
==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 '''''Rhamphocoris'''''.<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>
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==
==Distribution and habitat==

Revision as of 22:34, 13 February 2017

For the southern African species of similar name, see Southern thick-billed lark.

Thick-billed lark
Scientific classification
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

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.

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

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  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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