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Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix griseus · Family Alaudidae
Eremopterix griseus
Family Alaudidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Alaudidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 109,618
- Countries and territories with records
- 5

About this species
This species has 109,618 occurrence records from 5 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (95.9%) and Sri Lanka (3.2%); together they account for 99.1% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Eremopterix griseus combines the genus name Eremopterix with the species epithet griseus. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Eremopterix; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Eremopterix verticalis, Eremopterix leucotis and Eremopterix leucopareia.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 76 species of the family Alaudidae. This species ranks 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Alauda arvensis. Its record count is close to the family average (121,209). The family Alaudidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.