Biology:Galerida
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Galerida | |
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| Crested lark (Galerida cristata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Galerida F. Boie, 1828 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda cristata Linnaeus, 1758
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Galerida is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae. The current scientific name is derived from Latin. Galerida was the name for a lark with a crest, from galerum, "cap".[1] The name Galerida is synonymous with the earlier genus names Calendula, Heliocorys and Ptilocorys.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus Galerida was established by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1828.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the crested lark.[4]
Extant species
The genus contains seven species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Galerida deva | Sykes's lark | central India |
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Galerida modesta | Sun lark | Guinea to South Sudan |
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Galerida magnirostris | Large-billed lark | southern Africa |
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Galerida theklae | Thekla lark | Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia |
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Galerida cristata | Crested lark | northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China |
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Galerida malabarica | Malabar lark | western India. |
| Galerida macrorhyncha | Maghreb lark | Maghreb desert of north-eastern Africa. |
Extinct species
There are at least two fossil species which are included in this genus:
- †Galerida bulgarica (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria)[6]
- †Galerida pannonica (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary)[7]
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Galerida:
- Short-tailed lark (as Galerida fremantlii)[8]
- Dunn's lark (as Calendula dunni)[9]
References
- ↑ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010-06-30) (in en). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408133262. https://books.google.com/books?id=-RfSBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Heliocorys%22+syn&pg=PA188.
- ↑ Boie, Friedrich (1828). "Galerida" (in German). Isis von Oken 21: Col 321. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13244889.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds (1960). Check-list of Birds of the World. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 55. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480730.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/larks/. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ Boev, Zlatozar (2012). "Neogene Larks (Aves: Alaudidae (Vigors, 1825)) from Bulgaria". Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 64 (3): 295–318. http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/downloads/acta-zoologica-bulgarica/2012/64-3-295-318.pdf.
- ↑ Kessler, E (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary". Hantkeniana 8: 37–149.
- ↑ "Spizocorys fremantlii - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1AF3034A2D06DA0C.
- ↑ "Eremalauda dunni - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=42614A14&sec=summary&ssver=1.
Wikidata ☰ Q922062 entry
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