Calendulauda

Calendulauda is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Established by Edward Blyth in 1855, it contains eight species.

Calendulauda
Sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Calendulauda
Blyth, 1855
Type species
Alauda albescens

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus Calendulauda was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1855 with the Karoo lark as the type species.[1][2] The name Calendulauda is a combination of the names of two other lark genera: Calendula and Alauda.[3] All of the species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Mirafra and several were also formerly assigned to the genera Alauda and Certhilauda.

Species

The genus Calendulauda has eight extant species:[4]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Calendulauda sabotaSabota larksouthern Africa
Calendulauda poecilosternaPink-breasted larksoutheastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia through Kenya to southern Somalia, northeastern Tanzania and eastern Uganda
Calendulauda alopexFoxy larkeast-central Africa.
Calendulauda africanoidesFawn-coloured larksouth-central Africa.
Calendulauda albescensKaroo larkSouth Africa
Calendulauda burraRed larkwestern South Africa and possibly Namibia
Calendulauda erythrochlamysDune larkNamibia
Calendulauda barlowiBarlow's larkNamibia and South Africa

References

  1. Blyth, Edward (1855). "Calendulauda". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 24 (3): 258.
  2. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 July 2018.


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