| Gray's lark | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Ammomanopsis Bianchi, 1905 |
| Species: | A. grayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ammomanopsis grayi (Wahlberg, 1855) | |
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Gray's lark (Ammomanopsis grayi) is a species oflark in the familyAlaudidae. It is found in south-western Africa in its naturalhabitat of hotdeserts.[2]
Gray's lark was originally described as a species within the genusAlauda. It was then placed in the sister genusAmmomanes until re-classified in 2009 by the IOC into themonotypic genusAmmomanopsis.[3] Some authorities still consider the species asAmmomanes grayi.[4] Other names for Gray's lark includeGray's desert lark andGray's sand lark.
Twosubspecies are recognized:[5]
