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English Desert Lark
Scientific (Ammomanes deserti)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Alaudidae
Family (English) Larks
Other name(s) Ammomane du désert
Regions AF, EU
Breeding Range Subregions Morocco to w India
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA) map Somalia,Ethiopia,Nigeria,Turkey,Tunisia,Morocco,Mali,Israel,India - mainland,Algeria,Lebanon,Iraq,Niger,Burkina Faso,Palestine,Uzbekistan,United Arab Emirates,Libya,Syria,Pakistan,Western Sahara,Eritrea,Saudi Arabia,Oman,Turkmenistan,Qatar,Djibouti,Tajikistan,Egypt,Iran,Mauritania,Chad,Kazakhstan,Jordan,Yemen,Bahrain,Kuwait,Sudan,Afghanistan,South Sudan,
Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
payni s Morocco, sw Algeria
akeleyi n Somalia
azizi ec Arabia
saturata s Arabia
insularis Bahrain
annae Jordan and s Syria
cheesmani e Iraq and w Iran
parvirostris ne Iran and w Turkmenistan
orientalis ne Iran, n Afghanistan, s Turkmenistan, s Uzbekistan and s Tajikistan
iranica c, s, e Iran to s Afghanistan and w Pakistan
assabensis s Eritrea, Ethiopia and nw Somalia
taimuri n Oman and UAE
algeriensis n Algeria, Tunisia, nw Libya and nw Chad
whitakeri se Algeria and sw Libya
mya c Algeria
geyri Mauritania to s Algeria and nw Niger
kollmannspergeri ne Chad and w Sudan
deserti e Egypt to n Sudan
erythrochroa w Chad to c Sudan
isabellina n Egypt to s Turkey, Syria, c Arabia and n, sw Iraq
samharensis ne Sudan, Eritrea and s Arabia
phoenicuroides se Afghanistan, e Pakistan and nw India
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Lichtenstein, MHK, 1823)
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German Steinlerche
French Ammomane isabelline
Chinese 漠百灵
Japanese スナヒバリ
Russian Пустынный жаворонок
Spanish Terrera sahariana
Portuguese calhandra-do-deserto
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)