Pinarocorys is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.
Pinarocorys | |
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Dusky lark (Pinarocorys nigricans) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Pinarocorys Shelley, 1902 |
Type species | |
Alauda nigricans[1] Sundevall, 1850
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Species | |
2, see text |
Species
editIt contains two species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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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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- ^ "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.