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.
Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable |
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- | - | - |
Year | Category | Criteria |
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2018 | 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 |
Migratory status | not a migrant | Forest dependency | does not normally occur in forest |
Land-mass type | Average mass | 24 g |
Estimate | Data quality | |
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Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) | 24,600,000 km2 | |
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) | 23,000,000 km2 | |
Severely fragmented? | no | - |
Estimate | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Population size | unknown | - | - | - |
Population trend | increasing | - | estimated | - |
Generation length | 3.8 years | - | - | - |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified. In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 30-120 pairs, which equates to 60-240 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015), but Europe forms <5% of the global range.
Trend justification: The population is estimated to be increasing following recent records of range expansions (del Hoyo et al. 2004). The tiny European population is estimated to be decreasing (BirdLife International 2015).
Country/Territory | Presence | Origin | Resident | Breeding visitor | Non-breeding visitor | Passage migrant |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | extant | native | yes | |||
Algeria | extant | native | ||||
Bahrain | extant | native | yes | |||
Burkina Faso | extant | native | yes | |||
Chad | extant | native | ||||
Cyprus | extant | vagrant | ||||
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 | native | yes | |||
Jordan | extant | native | yes | |||
Kuwait | extant | native | yes | |||
Lebanon | extant | vagrant | yes | |||
Libya | extant | native | ||||
Mali | extant | native | ||||
Mauritania | extant | native | ||||
Morocco | extant | native | ||||
Niger | extant | native | ||||
Oman | extant | native | yes | |||
Pakistan | extant | native | ||||
Palestine | extant | native | yes | |||
Qatar | extant | native | yes | |||
Saudi Arabia | extant | native | yes | |||
Somalia | extant | native | ||||
Sudan | extant | native | yes | |||
Syria | extant | native | yes | |||
Tajikistan | extant | native | yes | |||
Tunisia | extant | native | ||||
Türkiye | extant | native | yes | |||
Turkmenistan | extant | native | yes | |||
United Arab Emirates | extant | native | yes | |||
Uzbekistan | extant | native | ||||
Western Sahara | extant | native | yes | |||
Yemen | extant | native | yes |
Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
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Desert | Hot | major | resident |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | major | resident | |
Shrubland | Subtropical/Tropical Dry | major | resident |
Altitude | 0 - 3000 m | Occasional altitudinal limits |
Purpose | Scale |
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Pets/display animals, horticulture | international |
Sport hunting/specimen collecting | subsistence, national |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/desert-lark-ammomanes-deserti 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.