| Calendulauda | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
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| range of the genus | |
Calendulauda is agenus oflark in the familyAlaudidae. Established byEdward Blyth in 1855, it contains eight species.
The genusCalendulauda was introduced by the English zoologistEdward Blyth in 1855 with theKaroo lark as thetype species.[1][2] The nameCalendulauda is a combination of the names of two other lark genera:Calendula andAlauda.[3] All of the species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genusMirafra and several were also formerly assigned to the generaAlauda andCerthilauda.
The genusCalendulauda contains eight species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calendulauda rufa | Rusty bush lark | central and west Africa | ||
 | Calendulauda sabota | Sabota lark | southern Africa | |
.jpg) | Calendulauda poecilosterna | Pink-breasted lark | southeastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia through Kenya to southern Somalia, northeastern Tanzania and eastern Uganda | |
| Calendulauda gilletti | Gillett's lark | east Africa | ||
_2.jpg) | Calendulauda africanoides | Fawn-coloured lark (includes Foxy lark) | south-central and east-central Africa | |
 | Calendulauda albescens | Karoo lark | South Africa | |
 | Calendulauda burra | Red lark | western South Africa and possibly Namibia | |
 | Calendulauda erythrochlamys | Dune lark (includes Barlow's lark) | Namibia and northwest South Africa | - |
