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title: "Greater Hoopoe-Lark"
description: "Alaemon alaudipes — Uccelli. The greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes) is a passerine bird which is a breeding resident of arid, desert and semi-desert regions from the Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/greater-hoopoe-lark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Hoopoe-Lark

> Alaemon alaudipes — Uccelli. The greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes) is a passerine bird which is a breeding resident of arid, desert and semi-desert regions from the Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

- Scientific name: *Alaemon alaudipes*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 866
- Wikidata: [Q899345](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899345)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7353](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7353)

## Names

- en: Greater Hoopoe-Lark
- de: Wüstenläuferlerche
- es: Alondra Ibis
- fr: Sirli du désert
- nl: Witbandleeuwerik
- pl: Skowron pustynny

## Countries with the most observations

MA (259), DZ (104), CV (68), EH (58), SA (49), IN (38), AE (33), OM (31), QA (29), IL (27), IR (25), EG (15)

## Summary

The greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes) is a passerine bird which is a breeding resident of arid, desert and semi-desert regions from the Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. It was formerly known as the bifasciated lark and sometimes as the large desert lark.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_hoopoe-lark

## Photo

![Greater Hoopoe-Lark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-hoopoe-lark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252128711

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-hoopoe-lark?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).