Spizocorys
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| Juvenile S. fringillaris (top), adult S. starki (left) and S. sclateri (right) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Spizocorys Sundevall, 1872 |
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Spizocorys is a genus of African larks in the Alaudidae family found in southern and eastern Africa.
Species
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Obbia lark (Spizocorys obbiensis)
- Sclater's lark (Spizocorys sclateri)
- Stark's lark (Spizocorys starki)
- Short-tailed lark (Spizocorys fremantlii)
- Masked lark (Spizocorys personata)
- Botha's lark (Spizocorys fringillaris)
- Pink-billed lark (Spizocorys conirostris)
Originally, the Raso lark was also classified as belonging to the genus Spizocorys (as S. razae)[2]
References
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List, Version 6.2". Nicators, reedling & larks. IOC. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Alauda razae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
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