Ammomanes
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Ammomanes is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of lark
Lark
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. All species occur in the Old World, and in northern and eastern Australia; only one, the Shore Lark, has spread to North America, where it is called the Horned Lark...

 in the Alaudidae family.

It contains the following species:
  • Bar-tailed Lark
    Bar-tailed Lark
    The Bar-tailed Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Cape Verde, Chad, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia,and...

     (Ammomanes cinctura)
  • Rufous-tailed Lark
    Rufous-tailed Lark
    The Rufous-tailed Lark also sometimes called the Rufous-tailed Finch-Lark is a ground bird found in the drier open stony habitats of India and parts of Pakistan. Like other species in the genus it has a large finch-like bill with a slightly curved edge to the upper mandible...

     (Ammomanes phoenicura)
  • Desert Lark
    Desert Lark
    The Desert Lark, Ammomanes deserti, breeds in deserts and semi-deserts from the Sahara east through the Arabian peninsula and the Middle East to Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan....

     (Ammomanes deserti)
  • Gray's Lark
    Gray's Lark
    The Gray's Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Angola and Namibia.Its natural habitat is hot deserts.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....

    (Ammomanes grayi)
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