Larks (Alaudidae) - HBW 9
Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cinctura)
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
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A juvenile walking and feeding on the ground Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
Carlos Fabregat 9 May 2008 1 year ago 54 sec 4.1 -
A bird on a rock rubing its bill, then flying away Erfoud, Morocco (ssp arenicolor)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 2 years ago 16 sec 4.1 -
A bird standing by a small bush then running away Er Rachidia, Morocco (ssp arenicolor)
Keith Blomerley 5 March 2010 7 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 27 sec 0
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A bird on the ground Merzouga, Morocco
Aleix Comas 30 March 2009 49 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on the ground. Er Rachidia, Morocco
Aleix Comas 30 March 2009 49 weeks ago 3.8
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