Arabian lark
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremalauda
Species:
E. eremodites
Binomial name
Eremalauda eremodites
(Meinertzhagen, 1923)

The Arabian lark (Eremalauda eremodites) is a small passerine bird of the lark family. It is a desert bird which is found from Syria to Jordan and through Saudi Arabia to Oman.

The Arabian lark was formerly considered conspecific with Dunn's lark, but was classified as a distinct species by the Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive and by Birdlife International, and later by the International Ornithological Congress.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eremalauda eremodites". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103765827A104188371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103765827A104188371.en. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. (2017). "Arabian Lark (Eremalauda eremodites)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "BirdLife International Checklist Version 9.1" (xlsx). www.birdlife.org. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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