Thick-billed lark

This article is about the bird. For the genus of Nabid bugs, see Rhamphocoris. For the southern African species of similar name, see Southern thick-billed lark.

The thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) or Clotbey lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.^[2]

Thick-billed lark
Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Ramphocoris Bonaparte, 1850
Species:	R. clotbey
Binomial name
Ramphocoris clotbey (Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms
Melanocorypha clot-bey Rhamphocorys clotbey

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.^[3]

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

• Adult, Saudi Arabia 1993
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  Eggs of Ramphocoris clotbey MHNT