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Genus: Eremopterix  (sparrowlarks, finchlarks)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Alaudidae

The seven species are distributed through Africa and Asia with three species occurring in southern Africa.

 

Eremopterix australis (Black-eared sparrowlark, Blackeared finchlark)

Eremopterix leucotis (Chestnut-backed sparrowlark, Chestnutbacked finchlark)

Eremopterix verticalis (Grey-backed sparrowlark, Greybacked finchlark)