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(Redirected from Thick-billed Lark) Species of bird This article is about the bird. For the genus of Nabid bugs, see Rhamphocoris. For the southern African species of similar name, see Southern thick-billed lark.

Thick-billed lark

Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Ramphocoris Bonaparte, 1850
Species:	R. clotbey
Binomial name
*Ramphocoris clotbey* (Bonaparte, 1850)

Synonyms
Melanocorypha clot-bey Rhamphocorys clotbey

The thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) or Clotbey lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.

Taxonomy and systematics

It was named after Antoine Clot. It was originally described as belonging to the genus Melanocorypha and is now placed in the monotypic genus Ramphocoris.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in northern Africa from Mauritania and Morocco to Libya, also in central regions of the Arabian Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.

Gallery

Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993
Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT

References

BirdLife International (2017). "Ramphocoris clotbey". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22717275A118707081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717275A118707081.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Ramphocoris clotbey - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
"Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

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Genera of passerides and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Passerida

Chaetopidae?	Chaetops
Chloropseidae?	Chloropsis
Hyliotidae?	Hyliota
Irenidae	Irena
Paridae	Baeolophus Cyanistes Cephalopyrus Lophophanes Machlolophus Melaniparus Melanochlora Pardaliparus Parus Periparus Poecile Pseudopodoces Sittiparus Sylviparus
Picathartidae?	Picathartes
Promeropidae?	Promerops
Remizidae	Anthoscopus Auriparus Remiz
Stenostiridae	Chelidorhynx Culicicapa Elminia Stenostira
Muscicapida	See below ↓
Sylvioidea	See below ↓
Passeroidea	See Passeroidea

Corthylio
Regulus

Bombycillidae	Bombycilla
Dulidae	Dulus
Hylocitreidae	Hylocitrea
Hypocoliidae	Hypocolius
†Mohoidae	Chaetoptila Moho
Ptiliogonatidae	Phainopepla Phainoptila Ptiliogonys

incertae sedis	†Certhiops †Kischinskinia
Certhiidae	Certhia Salpornis
Polioptilidae	Microbates Polioptila Ramphocaenus
Sittidae	Sitta
Tichodromidae	Tichodroma
Troglodytidae	Campylorhynchus Cantorchilus Catherpes Cinnycerthia Cistothorus Cyphorhinus Ferminia Henicorhina Hylorchilus Microcerculus Odontorchilus Pheugopedius Salpinctes Thryomanes Thryophilus Thryorchilus Thryothorus Troglodytes Uropsila

Buphagus

Cinclus

Elachura

Copsychini	Alethe Cercotrichas Copsychus
Muscicapini	Agricola Bradornis Empidornis Fraseria Humblotia Melaenornis Muscicapa Namibornis Sigelus

†Meridiocichla Pinarornis
Myadestinae	Grandala Myadestes Neocossyphus Sialia Stizorhina
Turdinae	Catharus Chlamydochaera Cichlopsis Cochoa Entomodestes Geokichla Hylocichla Ridgwayia Ixoreus Turdus Zoothera

Alaudinae	Alauda Alaudala Calandrella Chersophilus Eremalauda Eremophila Galerida Lullula Melanocorypha Spizocorys
Certhilaudinae	Alaemon Ammomanes Ammomanopsis Certhilauda Chersomanes Eremopterix Pinarocorys Ramphocoris
Mirafrinae	Calendulauda Heteromirafra Mirafra

Alcippe

Donacobius

Erythrocercidae

Erythrocercus

Hylia
Pholidornis

Nicator

Panurus

Paradoxornithidae

Phylloscopus

Pnoepyga

Scotocerca

Curruca
Sylvia

Taxon identifiers
Ramphocoris clotbey	Wikidata: Q1589837 Wikispecies: Ramphocoris clotbey ADW: Ramphocoris Avibase: 9ADB6BA5B67E1B65 BirdLife: 22717275 BOW: thblar1 CoL: 6X36P eBird: thblar1 EURING: 9600 GBIF: 2490651 iNaturalist: 144775 IRMNG: 10215487 ITIS: 562689 IUCN: 22717275 NCBI: 1365200 Open Tree of Life: 3597571 Xeno-canto: Ramphocoris-clotbey

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