Eremopterix

Eremopterix is the genus of sparrow-larks, songbirds in the family Alaudidae. The sparrow-larks are found from Africa to the Indian subcontinent.

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus Eremopterix contains the following extant species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
File:Eremopterix australis -Bushmanland, South Africa-8.jpg	Eremopterix australis	Black-eared sparrow-lark	southern Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
File:Madgascar Lark RWD.jpg	Eremopterix hova	Madagascar lark	Madagascar.
File:BCSparrow-Lark DSC0722.jpg	Eremopterix nigriceps	Black-crowned sparrow-lark	Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India
File:Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark,Eremopterix leucotis at Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa (17913598516).jpg	Eremopterix leucotis	Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark	Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
File:Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN1991 (3).jpg	Eremopterix griseus	Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark	South Asia
File:Eremopterix signatus.jpg	Eremopterix signatus	Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark	eastern and north-eastern Africa
File:Grey-backed Sparrowlark (Eremopterix verticalis) (6875326526).jpg	Eremopterix verticalis	Grey-backed sparrow-lark	southern and south-central Africa
File:Fisher's Sparrow-Lark - Tanzania 2008-03-01 0063 (16759772588).jpg	Eremopterix leucopareia	Fischer's sparrow-lark	central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Eremopterix:

• Arabian Dunn's lark (as Pyrrhulauda eremodites)

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