| Grey-backed sparrow-lark | |
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| Male in Northern Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Eremopterix |
| Species: | E. verticalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremopterix verticalis (Smith, 1836) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Thegrey-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis) orgrey-backed finch-lark is a species oflark in the familyAlaudidae. It is found in southern and south-central Africa. Its naturalhabitats are subtropical or tropical dryshrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowlandgrassland. Sometimes, the name 'grey-backed sparrow-lark' is also used to describe theblack-eared sparrow-lark.
Foursubspecies are recognized:[2]
