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Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey) or Clotbey lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.[2]
Thick-billed lark | |
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Near Douz, Kébili, Tunisia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Ramphocoris Bonaparte, 1850 |
Species: | R. clotbey |
Binomial name | |
Ramphocoris clotbey (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
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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]
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.
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