Avibase: Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi] (Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi])

Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi]

Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi] (= Ammomanes deserti isabellina) (Temminck, CJ 1823)

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Ammomanes
Scientific:
  Ammomanes deserti isabellina

Original description

Citation:
(Temminck, CJ 1823)

Reference:
Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.41, vol.3 pl.244, fig. 2

Protonym:
Alauda isabellina

Type locality:
deserts of Aqaba, Arabia.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112979#page/358/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
208241766D2B13EE

Avibase ID:
avibase-20824176

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/20824176

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 922937

Geographic range:

Ammomanes deserti isabellina: northern Egypt (west of the Nile Valley) eastward to Israel, Jordan, Syria, southern Türkiye (Birecik), northwestern Saudia Arabia, and Iraq (west of the Tigris River)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi]
French:
Ammomane isabelline [isabellina ou coxi]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi] ( Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi] ( Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi] ( Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi] ( Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi] ( Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi] ( Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Desert Lark [isabellina or coxi] ( Ammomanes deserti [isabellina or coxi])
Avilist 2025: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Ammomanes deserti isabellina [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ammomanes deserti isabellinus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ammomanes deserti isabellinus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ammomanes deserti

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