Calandrella | |
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Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: |
Calandrella Kaup, 1829 |
Type species | |
Alauda brachydactyla
Leisler, 1814
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Species | |
see text | |
Synonyms | |
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Calandrella is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.
The genus Calandrella was established by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829 with the greater short-toed lark as the type species. [1] The genus name is a diminutive of Ancient Greek kalandros, the calandra lark. [2] Four of the species in the genus use the shortened name of short-toed lark as an alternate name.
Six species are recognized in the genus: [3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Calandrella acutirostris | Hume's short-toed lark | from Iran and Kazakhstan to China. | |
Calandrella dukhunensis | Mongolian short-toed lark | China and Mongolia | |
Calandrella blanfordi | Blanford's lark | northeast Africa and Arabia | |
Calandrella eremica | Rufous-capped lark | southwestern Arabia and Somaliland. | |
Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped lark | Ethiopia and Somaliland | |
Calandrella brachydactyla | Greater short-toed lark | southern edge of the Sahara and India |
At least one fossil species is included in this genus:
Some authorities have classified the following species as belonging to the genus Calandrella: