Black-crowned sparrow-lark
| Black-crowned sparrow-lark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Eremopterix |
| Species: | E. nigriceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremopterix nigriceps (Gould, 1841) | |
The black-crowned sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.
It is found in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. It is also found in Velavadar in India
The bird can have a length of 11.5–12.5 cm from bill to tail.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Eremopterix nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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