| Alaemon | |
|---|---|
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| Greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Alaemon Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda desertorum [1] Stanley, 1814 | |
| Species | |
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| range of genus | |
Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.
The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander"). [2] The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840. [3]
The genus contains two species: [4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Alaemon alaudipes | Greater hoopoe-lark | Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India |
| Alaemon hamertoni | Lesser hoopoe-lark | Somalia | |
Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include:
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