Alauda

The genus contains four species:[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Alauda leucoptera	White-winged lark	southern Ukraine through Kazakhstan to south-central Russia
	Alauda razae	Raso lark	Raso islet in the Cape Verde Islands
	Alauda gulgula	Oriental skylark	southern, central and eastern Asia
	Alauda arvensis	Eurasian skylark	across Europe and Asia

• †Alauda xerarvensis (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria)[5]
• †Alauda tivadari (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)[6]

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

• Greater hoopoe-lark (desertorum) (as Alauda desertorum)[7]
• Gray's lark (as Alauda grayi)[8]
• Short-clawed lark (as Alauda chuana)[9]
• Cape long-billed lark (as Alauda curvirostris)[10]
• Dusky lark (as Alauda nigricans)[11]
• Rufous-rumped lark (as Alauda erythropygia)[12]
• Desert lark (as Alauda deserti)[13]
• Middle East desert lark (as Alauda isabellina)[14]
• Bar-tailed lark (arenicolor) (as Alauda arenicolor)[15]
• Senegal chestnut-backed finch-lark (as Alauda melanocephala)[16]
• Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark (as Alauda grisea)[17]
• Congo Sabota lark (as Alauda plebeja)[18]
• Bradfield's lark (as Alauda naevia)[19]
• Pink-breasted lark (as Alauda poecilosterna)[20]
• Karoo lark (as Alauda albescens)[21]
• Karoo lark (codea) (as Alauda codea)[22]
• Karoo lark (guttata) (as Alauda guttata)[23]
• Dune lark (as Alauda erythrochlamys)[24]
• Eastern clapper lark (as Alauda fasciolata)[25]
• Cape clapper lark (as Alauda apiata)[26]
• Woodlark (as Alauda arborea)[27]
• Botha's lark (as Alauda fringillaris)[28]
• Pink-billed lark (as Alauda conirostris)[29]
• Sykes's lark (as Alauda Deva)[30]
• Large-billed lark (as A. magnirostris)[31]
• Crested lark (as Alauda cristata)[32]
• Senegal crested lark (as Alauda senegallensis)[33]
• Crested lark (leautungensis) (as Alauda leautungensis)[34]
• Indian crested lark (as Alauda Chendoola)[35]
• Malabar lark (as Alauda malabarica)[36]
• Horned lark (as Alauda alpestris)[37]
• Mexican horned lark (as Alauda chrysolaema)[38]
• Shore lark (as Alauda flava)[39]
• Southern horned lark (as Alauda Penicillata)[40]
• Temminck's lark (as Alauda bilopha)[41]
• Mongolian short-toed lark (as Alauda Dukhunensis)[42]
• Red-capped lark (as Alauda cinerea)[43]
• Red-capped lark (spleniata) (as Alauda spleniata)[44]
• Greater short-toed lark (as Alauda brachydactila)[45]
• Steppe greater short-toed lark (as Alauda longipennis)[46]
• Bimaculated lark (as Alauda bimaculata)[47]
• Calandra lark (as Alauda calandra)[48]
• Black lark (as Alauda yeltoniensis)[49]
• Mongolian lark (as Alauda mongolica)[50]
• Dupont's lark (as Alauda Duponti)[51]
• Lesser short-toed lark (as Alauda rufescens)[52]
• Sand lark (as Alauda raytal)[53]