Alauda

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Genus of birds

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::summary Genus of birds ::

| image = Alauda arvensis 2.jpg | image_caption = Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) [[File:Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) (W1CDR0001421 BD2).ogg|thumb|center|Song of [[Eurasian skylark]] ]] | taxon = Alauda | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | type_species = Alauda arvensis | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text

Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, with one species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands.

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus Alauda was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species was subsequently designated as the Eurasian skylark.

The genus Alauda has four extant and at least two extinct species. Formerly, many other species have also been considered to belong to the genus.

Extant species

The genus contains four species: ::data[format=table]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
[[File:Alauda leucoptera 57392188.jpg120px]]Alauda leucopteraWhite-winged lark
[[File:Razo lark.jpg120px]]Alauda razaeRaso lark
[[File:Oriental Skylark by David Raju (cropped).jpg120px]]Alauda gulgulaOriental skylark
[[File:Alauda arvensis 2.jpg120px]]Alauda arvensisEurasian skylark
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Extinct species

  • †Alauda xerarvensis (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria)
  • †Alauda tivadari (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)

Former species

Previously, some authorities also classified the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Alauda:

References

References

  1. Jobling, James A. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
  2. Linnaeus, Carl. (1758). "Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis". Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii.
  3. (1960). "Check-list of Birds of the World". Museum of Comparative Zoology.
  4. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". International Ornithologists' Union.
  5. Boev, Z. 2012. Neogene Larks (Aves: Alaudidae (Vigors, 1825)) from Bulgaria - Acta zoologica bulgarica, 64 (3), 2012: 295-318.
  6. Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
  7. "Alaemon alaudipes desertorum - Avibase".
  8. "Ammomanopsis grayi - Avibase".
  9. "Certhilauda chuana - Avibase".
  10. "Certhilauda curvirostris - Avibase".
  11. "Pinarocorys nigricans - Avibase".
  12. "Pinarocorys erythropygia - Avibase".
  13. "Ammomanes deserti - Avibase".
  14. "Ammomanes deserti isabellina - Avibase".
  15. "Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor - Avibase".
  16. "Eremopterix leucotis melanocephalus - Avibase".
  17. "Eremopterix griseus - Avibase".
  18. "Calendulauda sabota plebeja - Avibase".
  19. "Calendulauda naevia - Avibase".
  20. "Calendulauda poecilosterna - Avibase".
  21. "Calendulauda albescens - Avibase".
  22. "Calendulauda albescens codea - Avibase".
  23. "Calendulauda albescens guttata - Avibase".
  24. "Calendulauda erythrochlamys - Avibase".
  25. "Mirafra fasciolata - Avibase".
  26. "Mirafra apiata - Avibase".
  27. "Lullula arborea - Avibase".
  28. "Spizocorys fringillaris - Avibase".
  29. "Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase".
  30. "Galerida deva - Avibase".
  31. "Galerida magnirostris - Avibase".
  32. "Galerida cristata - Avibase".
  33. "Galerida cristata senegallensis - Avibase".
  34. "Galerida cristata leautungensis - Avibase".
  35. "Galerida cristata chendoola - Avibase".
  36. "Galerida malabarica - Avibase".
  37. "Eremophila alpestris - Avibase".
  38. "Eremophila alpestris chrysolaema - Avibase".
  39. "Eremophila alpestris flava - Avibase".
  40. "Eremophila alpestris penicillata - Avibase".
  41. "Eremophila bilopha - Avibase".
  42. "Calandrella dukhunensis - Avibase".
  43. "Calandrella cinerea - Avibase".
  44. "Calandrella cinerea spleniata - Avibase".
  45. "Calandrella brachydactyla - Avibase".
  46. "Calandrella brachydactyla longipennis - Avibase".
  47. "Melanocorypha bimaculata - Avibase".
  48. "Melanocorypha calandra - Avibase".
  49. "Melanocorypha yeltoniensis - Avibase".
  50. "Melanocorypha mongolica - Avibase".
  51. "Chersophilus duponti - Avibase".
  52. "Alaudala rufescens - Avibase".
  53. "Alaudala raytal - Avibase".

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