Calandrella
| Calandrella | |
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| Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calandrella Kaup, 1829 |
| Species | |
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Calandrella is a genus of lark in the Alaudidae family.[1]
It contains the following species:[1]
- Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
- Blanford's lark (Calandrella blanfordi)
- Erlanger's lark (Calandrella erlangeri)
- Red-capped lark (Calandrella cinerea)
- Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
- Lesser short-toed lark (Calandrella rufescens)
- Asian short-toed lark (Calandrella cheleensis)
- Sand lark (Calandrella raytal)
- Somali short-toed lark (Calandrella somalica)
Fossil record
Calandrella gali (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)[2]
References
- 1 2 "ITIS Report: Calandrella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
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