Calendulauda

Calendulauda
	Sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Calendulauda; Blyth, 1855
Type species
	Alauda albescens; Lafresnaye, 1839

Calendulauda is a genus of lark in the Alaudidae family. Established by Edward Blyth in 1855, it contains eight species.

Taxonomy and systematics

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.

Species

The genus Calendulauda has eight extant species:^[4]

Sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota)
Pink-breasted lark (Calendulauda poecilosterna)
Foxy lark (Calendulauda alopex)
Fawn-coloured lark (Calendulauda africanoides)
Karoo lark (Calendulauda albescens)
Red lark (Calendulauda burra)
Dune lark (Calendulauda erythrochlamys)
Barlow's lark (Calendulauda barlowi)

References

↑ Blyth, Edward (1855). "Calendulauda". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 24 (3): 258.
↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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[1] Blyth, Edward (1855). "Calendulauda". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 24 (3): 258.

[2] Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.

[Jobling-3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 July 2018.