It breeds across much of north Africa, through northern Saudi Arabia to western Iraq.

It is mainly resident, but some populations of this passerine bird are partially migratory, moving further south in winter.

This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

[1] Temminck's lark was originally placed in the genus Alauda before being re-classified to Eremophila.

Its range includes Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and Western Sahara.