Biology:Calandrella
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Calandrella | |
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| Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calandrella Kaup, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda brachydactyla Leisler, 1814
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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 |
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Calandrella acutirostris | Hume's short-toed lark | from Iran and Kazakhstan to China. |
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Calandrella dukhunensis | Mongolian short-toed lark | China and Mongolia |
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Calandrella blanfordi | Blanford's lark | northeast Africa and Arabia |
| Calandrella eremica | Rufous-capped lark | southwestern Arabia and Somaliland. | |
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Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped lark | Ethiopia and Somaliland |
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Calandrella brachydactyla | Greater short-toed lark | southern edge of the Sahara and India |
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
- ↑ Kaup, Johann Jakob (1829) (in German). Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt. c. 1. Darmstadt: Carl Wilhelm Leske. p. 39. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41576424.
- ↑ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling.
- ↑ "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/larks/.
- ↑ Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
- ↑ "Mirafra rufocinnamomea buckleyi - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=F9A78129&sec=summary&ssver=1.
- ↑ "Spizocorys obbiensis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=D7A55FB3209AAFF7.
- ↑ "Spizocorys sclateri - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=527EE4D41920B41B.
- ↑ "Spizocorys starki - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=352A539174F5E785.
- ↑ "Spizocorys personata - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=419AEB97D5AD0CDB.
- ↑ "Spizocorys fringillaris - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=53C0293AE6A9B14F.
- ↑ "Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1E4143F8&sec=summary&ssver=1.
- ↑ "Alauda razae - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=359C16F5B8631E8D.
- ↑ "Alaudala athensis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=5392A0C7FFD8A084.
- ↑ "Alaudala cheleensis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=E1940103&sec=summary&ssver=1.
- ↑ "Alaudala cheleensis leucophaea - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=7D939A34&sec=summary&ssver=1.
- ↑ "Alaudala somalica - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=437C0498&sec=summary&ssver=1.
- ↑ "Alaudala raytal - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=862C271E&sec=summary&ssver=1.
Wikidata ☰ Q520302 entry
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