Calandrella
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Calandrella is a genus of lark
in the Alaudidae family.
It contains the following species:
Lark
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. All species occur in the Old World, and in northern and eastern Australia; only one, the Shore Lark, has spread to North America, where it is called the Horned Lark...
in the Alaudidae family.
It contains the following species:
- Greater Short-toed LarkGreater Short-toed LarkThe Greater Short-toed Lark or sometimes just Short-toed Lark is a small passerine bird. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and across temperate Asia from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Calandrella cinerea...
(Calandrella brachydactyla) - Blanford's LarkBlanford's LarkBlanford's Lark or Blanford's Short-toed Lark is a small passerine bird of the lark family, Alaudidae. It occurs in north-east Africa and Arabia. Its name commemorates the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford. It was formerly included in either the Greater Short-toed Lark or the Red-capped...
(Calandrella blanfordi) - Erlanger's LarkErlanger's LarkErlanger’s Lark is a small passerine bird of the lark family. It occurs in Africa in the highlands of Ethiopia.It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of Blanford's Lark, Calandrella blanfordi, but Clements splits this form as a separate species-References:*...
(Calandrella erlangeri) - Red-capped LarkRed-capped LarkThe Red-capped Lark, Calandrella cinerea, is a small passerine bird. This lark breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and northern Somalia. In the south, its range stretches across the continent to Angola and south to the Cape in South Africa.This is a species of short...
(Calandrella cinerea) - Hume's LarkHume's LarkThe Hume's Short-toed Lark or Hume's Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24...
(Calandrella acutirostris) - Lesser Short-toed LarkLesser Short-toed LarkThe Lesser Short-toed Lark is a small passerine bird. It breeds in Spain, north Africa, also including Turkey eastwards across the semi-deserts of central Asia to Mongolia and China....
(Calandrella rufescens) - Asian Short-toed LarkAsian Short-toed LarkThe Asian Short-toed Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in China, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, and Turkmenistan....
(Calandrella cheleensis) - Sand LarkSand LarkThe Sand Lark, also known as India Short-toed Lark or Indian Sand Lark , is a small passerine bird in thelark family, largely resident in the rivervalleys of South Asia from Pakistan through sub-Himalayan...
(Calandrella raytal) - Rufous Short-toed LarkRufous Short-toed LarkThe Rufous Short-toed Lark , also known as the Somali Short-toed Lark, is a small passerine bird.This lark is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzaniain subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland....
(Calandrella somalica) - Athi Short-toed Lark (Calandrella athensis)