Thick-billed lark

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{About|the bird|the genus of Nabid bugs|Rhamphocoris|the southern African species of similar name|Southern thick-billed lark}}

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| image = Thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) Kebili.jpg

| image_caption = Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Ramphocoris clotbey |volume=2017 |page=e.T22717275A118707081 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717275A118707081.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| parent_authority = Bonaparte, 1850

| taxon = Ramphocoris clotbey

| authority = (Bonaparte, 1850)

| synonyms = * Melanocorypha clot-bey

  • Rhamphocorys clotbey

| range_map = Ramphocoris clotbey distribution map.png

}}

The thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) or Clotbey lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=9ADB6BA5B67E1B65|title=Ramphocoris clotbey - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-09}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/larks/|title=Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|access-date=2016-11-12}}

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

Thick-billed Lark.ogv|Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993

Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT 224 Tamrikat Mauritanie HdB.jpg|Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT

References

{{Commons category|Ramphocoris clotbey}}

{{Wikispecies|Rhamphocoris clotbey}}

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