See text The greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes) is a passerine bird which is a breeding resident of arid, desert and semi-desert regions from the Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

[2] Formerly, the greater hoopoe-lark was classified as belonging to the genera Upupa and Certhilauda until moved to Alaemon.

[7] Birds are seen singly or in pairs as they forage by running or walking in spurts, probing and digging the ground.

[9] The courtship display of the male consists of rising with fluttering wing-strokes and then diving down with closed wings to a perch.

The slow flappy start to the song flight recall a hoopoe for which this species is named.

The male also sings with rising and falling notes consisting of trilled whistles and clicks that have been transcribed as a tee-tee-tee followed by a prolonged tee-hoo while nosediving.

These include boavistae of the Cape Verde Islands, the nominate alaudipes of the north African Sahara region and northern Arabia.