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Calandrella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Calandrella

Higher classification
  
Lark

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Alaudidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Greater short‑toed lark, Lesser short‑toed lark, Red‑capped lark, Asian short‑toed lark, Hume's short‑toed lark

Lesser short toed lark calandrella rufescens pseudobaetica


Calandrella is a genus of lark in the Alaudidae family.

Contents

Calandrella cristata


Taxonomy and systematics

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Established by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829, the genus Calandrella has six extant and at least one extinct species. The genus name Calandrella is a diminutive of Ancient Greek kalandros, the calandra lark. Four of the species in the genus use the shortened name of short-toed lark as an alternate name.

Extant species

There are six species recognized in the genus:

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  • Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
  • Mongolian short-toed lark (Calandrella dukhunensis)
  • Erlanger's lark (Calandrella erlangeri)
  • Blanford's lark (Calandrella blanfordi)
  • Red-capped lark (Calandrella cinerea)
  • Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)

    • Extinct species

    There is at least one fossil species included in this genus:

  • †Calandrella gali (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)

    • Former species

    Formerly or presently, some authorities have classified the following species as belonging to the genus Calandrella:

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  • Buckley's lark (as Calandrella buckleyi)
  • Obbia lark (as Calandrella obbiensis)
  • Sclater's lark (as Calandrella sclateri)
  • Stark's lark (as Calandrella starki)
  • Masked lark (as Calandrella personata)
  • Botha's lark (as Calandrella fringillaris)
  • Pink-billed Lark (as Calandrella conirostris)
  • Raso lark (as Calandrella razae)
  • Athi short-toed lark (as Calandrella athensis)
  • Asian short-toed lark (as Calandrella cheleensis)
  • Kazakhstan lesser short-toed lark (as Calandrella leucophaea)
  • Somali short-toed lark (as Calandrella somalica)
  • Sand lark (as Calandrella raytal)

    • Calandrella Blanford39s Lark Calandrella blanfordi HBW Alive

    Calandrella Calandrella raytal Indian Shorttoed Lark Discover Life

    Calandrella Lesser Shorttoed Lark Calandrella rufescens HBW Alive

    References

    Calandrella Wikipedia
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