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Species of bird

Arabian lark
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Eremalauda eremodites
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