Erlanger's lark

Erlanger's lark
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Calandrella
Species:	C. blanfordi
Subspecies:	C. b. erlangeri
Trinomial name
	Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri; (Neumann, 1906)
Synonyms
	Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri; Calandrella blanfordi fuertesi; Calandrella cinerea erlangeri; Calandrella cinerea ruficeps; Calandrella erlangeri; Tephrocorys cinerea erlangeri;

Erlanger's lark (Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri) is a small passerine bird of the lark family endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia. The name of this bird commemorates the German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger.

It is considered to be a subspecies of Blanford's lark.^[1] Alternate names include Erlanger's red-capped lark, Erlanger's short-toed lark and Ethiopian short-toed lark.

References[edit]

^ "Calandrella erlangeri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

Updates to Birds of the World: A Checklist by James F. Clements. Fifth Edition. 2000.

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[1] "Calandrella erlangeri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

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