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}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) Kebili.jpg
| image_caption = Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| 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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Category:Birds of North Africa
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