Rufous-rumped lark
Species of bird
Rufous-rumped lark | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Pinarocorys |
Species: | P. erythropygia |
Binomial name | |
Pinarocorys erythropygia (Strickland, 1852) | |
Synonyms | |
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The rufous-rumped lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in western and central Africa from Mali, Guinea and Sierra Leone to eastern Sudan, South Sudan and north-western Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savannah.
Originally, the rufous-rumped lark was classified within the genus Alauda. Later, some authorities considered the rufous-rumped lark to be a species within the genera Certhilauda and Mirafra.[2] Alternate common names include red-rumped lark, red-tailed bush lark and red-tailed lark.
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