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Taxonomic note

Ramphocoris clotbey (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Rhamphocoris clotbey.

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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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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

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,890,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.35 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be frequent to sparse (Keith et al. 1992). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Algeria	extant	native
Egypt	extant	native
Israel	extant	native
Jordan	extant	native	yes
Kuwait	extant	native	yes
Libya	extant	native
Mauritania	extant	native
Morocco	extant	native
Oman	extant	vagrant			yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Syria	extant	vagrant			yes
Tunisia	extant	native
Yemen	extant	vagrant			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Algeria	El Bayadh
Egypt	El Qasr desert
Jordan	Azraq
Jordan	Burqu'
Jordan	Shaumari
Morocco	Msseyed
Morocco	Parc National de Souss-Massa and Aglou
Morocco	Piste de Tagdilt
Morocco	Région Fouchal - Matarka
Saudi Arabia	Harrat al-Harrah
Tunisia	Bouhedma
Tunisia	Jbil

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Desert	Hot	major	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/thick-billed-lark-ramphocoris-clotbey on 18/12/2024.
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 18/12/2024.