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| Eremophila | |
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| Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Eremophila F. Boie, 1828 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda alpestris[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thebird genusEremophila comprises the twohorned larks.
The current genus name is fromAncient Greekeremos, "desert", andphileo, "to love".[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eremophila alpestris | Horned lark | Europe, Asia, North America |
 | Eremophila bilopha | Temminck's lark | Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and Western Sahara |
There is at least one fossil species included in this genus:
Unlike most otherlarks, these are distinctive looking species with striking head and face patterns, black and white in Temminck's lark and black and yellow in most horned larks. In the summer males of both species have black "horns", which give these larks their alternative names.
These arelarks of open country which nest on the ground. Themigratory horned lark breeds across much of northern North America, Europe and Asia and in the mountains of Europe. Temminck's lark is mainly a resident breeding species across much of north Africa, through northern Arabia to western Iraq.
