Gray's lark

Gray's lark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Alaudidae
Genus:Ammomanopsis
Bianchi, 1905
Species: A. grayi
Binomial name
Ammomanopsis grayi
(Wahlberg, 1855)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Alauda grayi
  • Ammomanes grayi

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]

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] Alternately, it has been named Gray's desert lark or 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

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Ammomanes grayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Atlas of Southern African Birds" (PDF). Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Ammomanopsis grayi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  5. ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.


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