Rufous-rumped lark

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| image = AlaudaErythropygiaWolf.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Pinarocorys erythropygia |volume=2016 |page=e.T22717133A94521893 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717133A94521893.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Pinarocorys

| species = erythropygia

| authority = (Strickland, 1852)

| synonyms = * Alauda erythropygia

• Certhilauda erythropygia
• Mirafra erythropygia
• Mirafra nigricans erythropygia

| range_map = Pinarocorys erythropygia distribution map.png

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=148AA19260BD531C|title=Pinarocorys erythropygia - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-11-12}} Alternate common names include red-rumped lark, red-tailed bush lark and red-tailed lark.