Erlanger's lark

Erlanger's lark
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Calandrella
Species: C. erlangeri
Binomial name
Calandrella erlangeri
(Neumann, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri
  • Calandrella blanfordi fuertesi
  • Calandrella cinerea erlangeri
  • Calandrella cinerea ruficeps
  • Tephrocorys cinerea erlangeri

Erlanger’s lark (Calandrella erlangeri) is a small passerine bird of the lark family endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia. The name of this bird commemorates the German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger.

Formerly, it was considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of Blanford's lark and/or the red-capped lark.[1] Alternate names include Erlanger's red-capped lark, Erlanger's short-toed lark and Ethiopian short-toed lark.

References

  1. ↑ "Calandrella erlangeri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
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