Calendulauda

Calendulauda
	Sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Calendulauda; Blyth, 1855
Type species
	Alauda albescens; Lafresnaye, 1839
	range of the genus

Calendulauda is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Established by Edward Blyth in 1855, it contains eight species.

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus Calendulauda was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1855 with the Karoo lark as the type species.^[1]^[2] The name Calendulauda is a combination of the names of two other lark genera: Calendula and Alauda.^[3] All of the species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Mirafra and several were also formerly assigned to the genera Alauda and Certhilauda.

Species

The genus Calendulauda contains eight species:^[4]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Calendulauda rufa	Rusty bush lark	central and west Africa
Calendulauda sabota	Sabota lark	southern Africa
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
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	-

References

^ Blyth, Edward (1855). "Calendulauda". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 24 (3): 258.
^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Nicators, Bearded Reedling, larks". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

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[1] Blyth, Edward (1855). "Calendulauda". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 24 (3): 258.

[2] Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.

[Jobling-3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Nicators, Bearded Reedling, larks". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

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