Certhilauda
| Certhilauda | |
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| Eastern long-billed lark (Certhilauda semitorquata), South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Certhilauda Swainson, 1827 |
| Species | |
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Certhilauda is a genus of larks in the Alaudidae family living in the southern regions of Africa. The genus was formerly named Heterocorys.
It contains the following six species:
- Short-clawed lark (Certhilauda chuana)
- Karoo long-billed lark (Certhilauda subcoronata)
- Benguela long-billed lark (Certhilauda benguelensis)
- Eastern long-billed lark (Certhilauda semitorquata)
- Cape long-billed lark (Certhilauda curvirostris)
- Agulhas long-billed lark (Certhilauda brevirostris)
Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize several additional species as belonging to the genus Certhilauda including:
- Spike-heeled lark (as C. albofasciata).[1]
- Greater hoopoe-lark (as the bifasciated lark, C. desertorum)[2]
- Karoo lark (as C. albescens)[3]
- Red lark (as C. burra, C. erythroclamys or C. harei)[4]
- Dune lark (as C. erythrochlamys)[5]
- Barlow's lark (as C. barlowi)[6]
- Somali lark (as C. somalica)[7]
References
- ↑ "Chersomanes [albofasciata or beesleyi] - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ↑ Blanford, William Thomas (1870-01-01). Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia: Made During the Progress of the British Expedition to that Country in 1867-68. Macmillan and Company.
- ↑ "Calendulauda albescens - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ↑ "Calendulauda burra - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ "Calendulauda erythrochlamys - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ "Calendulauda barlowi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ "Mirafra somalica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
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