Calendulauda Explained

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. 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 has eight extant species:[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Calendulauda sabota southern Africa
Calendulauda poecilosterna southeastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia through Kenya to southern Somalia, northeastern Tanzania and eastern Uganda
Calendulauda alopex east-central Africa.
Calendulauda africanoides south-central Africa.
Calendulauda albescens South Africa
Calendulauda burra western South Africa and possibly Namibia
Calendulauda erythrochlamys Namibia
Calendulauda barlowi Namibia and South Africa

Notes and References

  1. Blyth . Edward . Edward Blyth . 1855 . Calendulauda . Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . 24 . 3 . 258 .
  2. Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Christidis . L. . Leslie Christidis . 2014 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 2: Passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-2-2 . 437 .
  3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Nicators, reedling, larks . World Bird List Version 8.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 18 July 2018 .