Calendulauda
| Calendulauda | |
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| Sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calendulauda Blyth, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda albescens Lafresnaye, 1839
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| range of the genus | |
Calendulauda is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Established by Edward Blyth in 1855, it contains eight species.
Taxonomy and systematics[edit]
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[edit]
The genus Calendulauda has eight extant species:[4]
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Calendulauda sabota | Sabota lark | southern Africa |
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Calendulauda poecilosterna | Pink-breasted lark | southeastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia through Kenya to southern Somalia, northeastern Tanzania and eastern Uganda |
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Calendulauda alopex | Foxy lark | east-central Africa. |
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Calendulauda africanoides | Fawn-coloured lark | south-central Africa. |
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Calendulauda albescens | Karoo lark | South Africa |
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Calendulauda burra | Red lark | western South Africa and possibly Namibia |
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Calendulauda erythrochlamys | Dune lark | Namibia |
| Calendulauda barlowi | Barlow's lark | Namibia and South Africa |
References[edit]
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- ^ Blyth, Edward (1855). "Calendulauda". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 24 (3): 258.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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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