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Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Eremopterix

Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark

Eremopterix nigriceps

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bcslar1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Eremopterix

Subspecies (3)

Eremopterix nigriceps albifrons

southern Morocco to Mauritania, Mali, Chad, and western Sudan
Eremopterix nigriceps melanauchen

eastern Sudan and Somalia eastward through Arabia and Socotra to western India
Eremopterix nigriceps nigriceps

Cape Verde Islands

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bcslar1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.