Rufous-tailed Lark
Ammomanes phoenicura(Franklin, J, 1831)
English (US) Rufous-tailed Lark
The Rufous-tailed Lark (Ammomanes phoenicura) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alaudidae (Larks) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Ammomanes phoenicura
- Family
- Alaudidae (Larks)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-tailed Lark
- Described by
- (Franklin, J, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ammomanes phoenicura phoenicura
- Ammomanes phoenicura testacea
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Mirafra phoenicura
- Described by
- (Franklin, J, 1831)
- Type locality
- on the Ganges between Calcutta and Benares or the Vindhya Hills between Benares and Gurrah Mundela on the Narbudda; Hartert (1904) accepts the latter place as type locality.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.10 p.119
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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