Thick-billed lark

For the southern African species of similar name, see Southern thick-billed lark.
Thick-billed lark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Rhamphocoris
Bonaparte, 1850
Species: R. clotbey
Binomial name
Rhamphocoris clotbey
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Rhamphocorys clotbey
  • Clot bey lark
  • Clotbey lark
  • Clot-Bey's lark

The thick-billed lark (Rhamphocoris clotbey) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It was named after Antoine Clot. It is monotypic within the genus Rhamphocoris.[2]

It is found in northern Africa from Mauritania and Morocco to Libya, also in central regions of the Arabian Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.

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