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Ammomanes
Rufous-tailed lark(Ammomanes phoenicura)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Ammomanes Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Ammomanes pallida Cabanis 1851
Species
3, see text

Ammomanes is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae.

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

It contains the following three species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Ammomanes deserti	Desert lark	from Morocco to western India
	Ammomanes cinctura	Bar-tailed lark	from Morocco to Pakistan
	Ammomanes phoenicura	Rufous-tailed lark	India and parts of Pakistan

Additionally, some authorities continue to place Gray's lark within the genus Ammomanes.

Former species

Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Ammomanes include:

• Gray's lark ( as Ammomanes grayi)
• Red lark (as Ammomanes burra or Ammomanes burrus)
• Barlow's lark (as Pseudammomanes barlowi)
• Dunn's lark (as Ammomanes dunni)

References

1. "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
3. "Ammomanopsis grayi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
4. "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
5. "Calendulauda burra - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
6. "Calendulauda barlowi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
7. "Eremalauda dunni - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.

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