Rufous-rumped lark

Rufous-rumped lark
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Pinarocorys
Species:	P. erythropygia
Binomial name
	Pinarocorys erythropygia; (Strickland, 1852)
Synonyms
	Alauda erythropygia; Certhilauda erythropygia; Mirafra erythropygia; Mirafra nigricans erythropygia;

The rufous-rumped lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in western and central Africa from Mali, Guinea and Sierra Leone to eastern Sudan, South Sudan and north-western Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savannah.

Originally, the rufous-rumped lark was classified within the genus Alauda. Later, some authorities considered the rufous-rumped lark to be a species within the genera Certhilauda and Mirafra.^[2] Alternate common names include red-rumped lark, red-tailed bush lark and red-tailed lark.

References

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pinarocorys erythropygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717133A94521893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717133A94521893.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Pinarocorys erythropygia - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Pinarocorys erythropygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717133A94521893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717133A94521893.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] "Pinarocorys erythropygia - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

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