| Calendulauda | |
|---|---|
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| Sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calendulauda Blyth, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda albescens Lafresnaye, 1839 | |
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| range of the genus | |
Calendulauda is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Established by Edward Blyth in 1855, it contains eight species.
The genus Calendulauda was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1855 with the Karoo lark as the type species. [1] [2] The name Calendulauda is a combination of the names of two other lark genera: Calendula and Alauda. [3] All of the species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Mirafra and several were also formerly assigned to the genera Alauda and Certhilauda.
The genus Calendulauda has eight extant species: [4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Calendulauda sabota | Sabota lark | southern Africa |
 | Calendulauda poecilosterna | Pink-breasted lark | southeastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia through Kenya to southern Somalia, northeastern Tanzania and eastern Uganda |
 | Calendulauda alopex | Foxy lark | east-central Africa. |
 | Calendulauda africanoides | Fawn-coloured lark | south-central Africa. |
 | Calendulauda albescens | Karoo lark | South Africa |
 | Calendulauda burra | Red lark | western South Africa and possibly Namibia |
 | Calendulauda erythrochlamys | Dune lark | Namibia |
| Calendulauda barlowi | Barlow's lark | Namibia and South Africa | |
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