Larks (Alaudidae)
Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cinctura) - HBW 9, p. 577
French: Ammomane élégante
German: Sandlerche
Spanish: Terrera Colinegra
Other common names: Bar-tailed Desert Lark/Sand Lark, Black-tailed Lark/Desert Lark/Finch-lark
Taxonomy: Melanocorypha cinctura Gould, 1839, São Tiago, Cape Verde Islands.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with A. phoenicura, and in the past considered conspecific. Paler and smaller birds from Chad (Ennedi) and Sudan sometimes separated as race pallens, but appear indistinguishable from arenicolor. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cinctura (Gould, 1839) - Cape Verde Is (São Tiago, Maio, Boavista, Sal).
- arenicolor (Sundevall, 1850) - Sahara Desert from S & E Morocco E to Libya (Cyrenaica) and Egypt (including Sinai Peninsula) and S, discontinuously, to W & SE Mauritania, WC Mali, CNiger, N & E Chad and C & NE Sudan; also Middle East (S Israel, Jordan, Iraq) and Arabian Peninsula.
- zarudnyi Hartert, 1902 - E Iran E to S Afghanistan and S Pakistan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile walking and feeding on the ground. Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (ssp arenicolor)
Carlos Fabregat 9 May 2008 4 years ago 54 sec 4.1 -
A bird on a rock rubbing its bill, then flying away Locality Erfoud, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp arenicolor)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 5 years ago 16 sec 4.1 -
A bird standing by a small bush then running away Locality Er Rachidia, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp arenicolor)
Keith Blomerley 5 March 2010 3 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground preening, then calling Locality Auserd, Western Sahara (ssp arenicolor)
Eric Roualet 2 February 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3.8
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standing in the sun, close up.
Locality Sidi Toui National Park, Medenine Governorate, Tunisia
Marco Valentini 28 December 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird on the ground
Locality Merzouga, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Aleix Comas 30 March 2009 4 years ago 4 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Er Rachidia, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Aleix Comas 30 March 2009 4 years ago 3.5 -
On the run
Locality Jebil National Park, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia
Marco Valentini 30 December 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Restless on the dunes
Locality Jebil National Park, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia
Marco Valentini 30 December 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
A juvenile on the ground.
Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (ssp arenicolor)
Carlos Fabregat 9 May 2008 1 year ago 2.8
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A bird singing (repeated). Locality Auserd, Western Sahara
(ssp arenicolor)
Eric Roualet 2 February 2010 18 weeks ago 4
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