Black-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) | Details

Black-crowned Sparrow-lark Eremopterix nigriceps

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	nomadic	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	23,700,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	increasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	2.41 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is estimated to be increasing following a recorded range expansion southwards in recent years (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Trend justification: The population is estimated to be increasing following a recorded range expansion southwards in recent years (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Bahrain	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native
Cape Verde	extant	native
Chad	extant	native
Djibouti	extant	native
Egypt	extant	native
Eritrea	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
India	extant	native
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes
Iraq	extant	native	yes
Israel	extant	vagrant
Jordan	extant	vagrant
Kuwait	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native
Mauritania	extant	native
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
Oman	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native
Qatar	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native
Somalia	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native
United Arab Emirates	extant	native	yes
Western Sahara	extant	uncertain
Yemen	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Oman	Jiddat al Harasis
United Arab Emirates	Al Marmoom Desert
United Arab Emirates	Dubai Desert
Yemen	Desert west of Al-Ghayda
Yemen	Ma'rib - Naqil Fardah - Baraqish
Yemen	Wadi Jahr

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-crowned Sparrow-lark Eremopterix nigriceps. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-crowned-sparrow-lark-eremopterix-nigriceps on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.