Calandrella
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Calandrella is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
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
Six species are recognized in the genus:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Hume's Short-toed Lark Laxman Chowk, Sikkim, India 13.05.2014.jpg | Calandrella acutirostris | Hume's short-toed lark | from Iran and Kazakhstan to China. |
| File:Calandrella dukhunensis.jpg | Calandrella dukhunensis | Mongolian short-toed lark | China and Mongolia |
| File:Blanford's Lark from Grönvold The Birds of Africa.jpg | Calandrella blanfordi | Blanford's lark | northeast Africa and Arabia |
| Calandrella eremica | Rufous-capped lark | southwestern Arabia and Somaliland. | |
| File:Red-capped lark, Calandrella cinerea, at Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa (23514690044).jpg | Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped lark | Ethiopia and Somaliland |
| File:Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg | Calandrella brachydactyla | Greater short-toed lark | southern edge of the Sahara and India |
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Extinct species
At least one fossil species is included in this genus:
- †Calandrella gali (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)[4]
Former species
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
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