Rufous-rumped lark

Rufous-rumped lark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Pinarocorys
Species: P. erythropygia
Binomial name
Pinarocorys erythropygia
(Strickland, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Alauda erythropygia (formerly)
  • Mirafra erythropygia (formerly)
  • Mirafra nigricans erythropygia (formerly)
  • Red-rumped lark
  • Red-tailed bush lark
  • Red-tailed lark

The rufous-rumped lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. 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.

Formerly, some authorities considered the rufous-rumped lark to be a species within the genera Alauda (as Alauda erythropygia) and Mirafra (as Mirafra erythropygia).[2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pinarocorys erythropygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Pinarocorys erythropygia - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.


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