Rufous-rumped lark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Pinarocorys |
| Species: | P. erythropygia
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| Pinarocorys erythropygia (Strickland, 1852)
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The rufous-rumped lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in western and central Africa from Mali, Guinea and Sierra Leone to eastern Sudan, South Sudan and north-western Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savannah.
Originally, the rufous-rumped lark was classified within the genus Alauda. Later, some authorities considered the rufous-rumped lark to be a species within the genera Certhilauda and Mirafra.[2] Alternate common names include red-rumped lark, red-tailed bush lark and red-tailed lark.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pinarocorys erythropygia.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pinarocorys erythropygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717133A94521893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717133A94521893.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Pinarocorys erythropygia - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
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