Eremopterix
Eremopterix is the genus of sparrow-larks, songbirds in the family Alaudidae. The sparrow-larks are found from Africa to the Indian subcontinent.
Taxonomy and systematics
Extant species
The genus Eremopterix contains the following extant species:| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
| Eremopterix australis | Black-eared sparrow-lark | southern Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa | |
| Eremopterix hova | Madagascan lark | Madagascar. | |
| Eremopterix nigriceps | Black-crowned sparrow-lark | Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India | |
| Eremopterix leucotis | Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark | Africa south of the Sahara Desert. | |
| Eremopterix griseus | Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark | South Asia | |
| Eremopterix signatus | Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark | eastern and north-eastern Africa | |
| Eremopterix verticalis | Grey-backed sparrow-lark | southern and south-central Africa | |
| Eremopterix leucopareia | Fischer's sparrow-lark | central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique |