Pinarocorys is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.

Pinarocorys
Dusky lark (Pinarocorys nigricans)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Pinarocorys
Shelley, 1902
Type species
Alauda nigricans[1]
Sundevall, 1850
Species

2, see text

Species

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It contains two species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Pinarocorys nigricans Dusky lark southern Central Africa
  Pinarocorys erythropygia Rufous-rumped lark western and central Africa from Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone to eastern Sudan, South Sudan and northwestern Uganda

References

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  1. ^ "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.