Grey-backed sparrow-lark

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Eremopterix verticalis -Northern Cape, South Africa -male-8.jpg

| image_caption=Male in Northern Cape, South Africa

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Eremopterix verticalis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22717202A94524188 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717202A94524188.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Eremopterix verticalis

| authority = (Smith, 1836)

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = * Megalotis verticalis

| range_map = Eremopterix verticalis distribution map.png

}}

The grey-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis) or grey-backed finch-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Sometimes, the name 'grey-backed sparrow-lark' is also used to describe the black-eared sparrow-lark.