Calandrella
| Calandrella | |
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| Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Calandrella is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.
Taxonomy and systematics[edit]
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.
Extant species[edit]
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. |
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Calandrella dukhunensis | Mongolian short-toed lark | China and Mongolia |
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Calandrella blanfordi | Blanford's lark | northeast Africa and Arabia |
| Calandrella eremica | Rufous-capped lark | southwestern Arabia and Somaliland. | |
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Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped lark | Ethiopia and Somaliland |
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Calandrella brachydactyla | Greater short-toed lark | southern edge of the Sahara and India |
Extinct species[edit]
At least one fossil species is included in this genus:
- †Calandrella gali (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)[4]
Former species[edit]
Some authorities have classified the following species as belonging to the genus Calandrella:
- Buckley's lark (as Calandrella buckleyi)[5]
- Obbia lark (as Calandrella obbiensis)[6]
- Sclater's lark (as Calandrella sclateri)[7]
- Stark's lark (as Calandrella starki)[8]
- Masked lark (as Calandrella personata)[9]
- Botha's lark (as Calandrella fringillaris)[10]
- Pink-billed Lark (as Calandrella conirostris)[11]
- Raso lark (as Calandrella razae)[12]
- Athi short-toed lark (as Calandrella athensis)[13]
- Asian short-toed lark (as Calandrella cheleensis)[14]
- Kazakhstan lesser short-toed lark (as Calandrella leucophaea)[15]
- Somali short-toed lark (as Calandrella somalica)[16]
- Sand lark (as Calandrella raytal)[17]
References[edit]
- ^ Kaup, Johann Jakob (1829). Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt (in German). Vol. c. 1. Darmstadt: Carl Wilhelm Leske. p. 39.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^ Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
- ^ "Mirafra rufocinnamomea buckleyi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
- ^ "Spizocorys obbiensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ "Spizocorys sclateri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ "Spizocorys starki - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ "Spizocorys personata - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ "Spizocorys fringillaris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ "Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ "Alauda razae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
- ^ "Alaudala athensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^ "Alaudala cheleensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^ "Alaudala cheleensis leucophaea - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^ "Alaudala somalica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
- ^ "Alaudala raytal - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
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