Alauda

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Alauda
Alauda arvensis 2.jpg
Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song of Eurasian skylark
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Alauda
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Alauda arvensis
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. [1] Further, at least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The current genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin. [2]

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Taxonomy and systematics

The genus Alauda was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae . [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the Eurasian skylark. [4]

The genus Alauda has four extant and at least two extinct species. Formerly, many other species have also been considered to belong to the genus.

Extant species

The genus contains four species: [1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Alauda leucoptera. Lord Lilford.jpg Alauda leucoptera White-winged lark southern Ukraine through Kazakhstan to south-central Russia
Razo lark.jpg Alauda razae Raso lark Raso islet in the Cape Verde Islands
Oriental Skylark by David Raju (cropped).jpg Alauda gulgula Oriental skylark southern, central and eastern Asia
Alauda arvensis 2.jpg Alauda arvensis Eurasian skylark across Europe and Asia

Extinct species

Former species

Previously, some authorities also classified the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Alauda:

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<i>Galerida</i> Genus of birds

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<i>Mirafra</i> Genus of birds

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Pink-breasted lark Species of bird

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<i>Spizocorys</i> Genus of birds

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<i>Certhilauda</i> Genus of birds

Certhilauda is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae living in the southern regions of Africa. The genus was formerly named Heterocorys.

Barlows lark Species of bird

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