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title: "Rufous-tailed Lark"
description: "Ammomanes phoenicura — Uccelli. The rufous-tailed lark (Ammomanes phoenicura), also sometimes called the rufous-tailed finch-lark, is a ground bird found in the drier open stony habitats of India and parts of Pakistan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rufous-tailed-lark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rufous-tailed Lark

> Ammomanes phoenicura — Uccelli. The rufous-tailed lark (Ammomanes phoenicura), also sometimes called the rufous-tailed finch-lark, is a ground bird found in the drier open stony habitats of India and parts of Pakistan.

- Scientific name: *Ammomanes phoenicura*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 754
- Wikidata: [Q1591143](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1591143)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72495](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72495)

## Names

- en: Rufous-tailed Lark
- de: Rotschwanzlerche
- es: Terrera Colirroja
- fr: Ammomane à queue rouge
- nl: Roodstaartwoestijnleeuwerik
- pl: Skowronik rdzawy

## Countries with the most observations

IN (655)

## Summary

The rufous-tailed lark (Ammomanes phoenicura), also sometimes called the rufous-tailed finch-lark, is a ground bird found in the drier open stony habitats of India and parts of Pakistan. Like other species in the genus it has a large finch-like bill with a slightly curved edge to the upper mandible. The dull brown colour matches the soil as it forages for grass seeds, grain and insects. Males and females are indistinguishable in the field but during the breeding season, the male has a courtship display that involves flying up steeply and then nose-diving and pulling up in a series of stepped wavy dips accompanied…

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

## Photo

![Rufous-tailed Lark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-tailed-lark/medium.jpg)

Photo: SUBHASHGHULE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229476730

## Machine access

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