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Gray's lark

Gray's lark

Species of bird

Gray's lark (Ammomanopsis grayi) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-western Africa in its natural habitat of hot deserts.[2]

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Taxonomy and systematics

Gray's lark was originally described as a species within the genus Alauda. It was then placed in the sister genus Ammomanes until re-classified in 2009 by the IOC into the monotypic genus Ammomanopsis.[3] Some authorities still consider the species as Ammomanes grayi.[4] Other names for Gray's lark include Gray's desert lark and Gray's sand lark.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[5]

  • A. g. hoeschi - (Niethammer, 1955): Found in north-western Namibia and south-western Angola
  • A. g. grayi - (Wahlberg, 1855): Found in west-central and south-western Namibia

References

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  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2016). "Ammomanopsis grayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717258A94525830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717258A94525830.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "The Atlas of Southern African Birds" (PDF). Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  4. [4]
    "Ammomanopsis grayi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  5. [5]
    "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.


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