Larks form the family Alaudidae. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 102 species of larks distributed among 34 genera.[1]
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater hoopoe-lark | Alaemon alaudipes (Desfontaines, 1789) | 1 | |
| Lesser hoopoe-lark | Alaemon hamertoni Witherby, 1905 | 2 | |
| Beesley's lark | Chersomanes beesleyi Benson, 1966 | 3 | |
| Spike-heeled lark | Chersomanes albofasciata (Lafresnaye, 1836) | 4 | |
| Gray's lark | Ammomanopsis grayi (Wahlberg, 1855) | 5 | |
| Short-clawed lark | Certhilauda chuana (Smith, A, 1836) | 6 | |
| Benguela long-billed lark | Certhilauda benguelensis (Sharpe, 1904) | 7 | |
| Karoo long-billed lark | Certhilauda subcoronata Smith, A, 1843 | 8 | |
| Eastern long-billed lark | Certhilauda semitorquata Smith, A, 1836 | 9 | |
| Cape long-billed lark | Certhilauda curvirostris (Hermann, 1783) | 10 | |
| Agulhas long-billed lark | Certhilauda brevirostris Roberts, 1941 | 11 | |
| Dusky lark | Pinarocorys nigricans (Sundevall, 1850) | 12 | |
| Rufous-rumped lark | Pinarocorys erythropygia (Strickland, 1852) | 13 | |
| Thick-billed lark | Ramphocoris clotbey (Bonaparte, 1850) | 14 | |
| Desert lark | Ammomanes deserti (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 15 | |
| Bar-tailed lark | Ammomanes cinctura (Gould, 1839) | 16 | |
| Rufous-tailed lark | Ammomanes phoenicura (Franklin, 1831) | 17 | |
| Black-eared sparrow-lark | Eremopterix australis (Smith, A, 1836) | 18 | |
| Madagascar lark | Eremopterix hova (Hartlaub, 1860) | 19 | |
| Black-crowned sparrow-lark | Eremopterix nigriceps (Gould, 1839) | 20 | |
| Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark | Eremopterix leucotis (Stanley, 1814) | 21 | |
| Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark | Eremopterix griseus (Scopoli, 1786) | 22 | |
| Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark | Eremopterix signatus (Oustalet, 1886) | 23 | |
| Grey-backed sparrow-lark | Eremopterix verticalis (Smith, A, 1836) | 24 | |
| Fischer's sparrow-lark | Eremopterix leucopareia (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | 25 | |
| Rusty bush lark | Calendulauda rufa Lynes, 1920 | 26 | |
| Sabota lark | Calendulauda sabota (Smith, A, 1836) | 27 | |
| Pink-breasted lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna (Reichenow, 1879) | 28 | |
| Gillett's lark | Calendulauda gilletti Sharpe, 1895 | 29 | |
| Fawn-colored lark | Calendulauda africanoides (Smith, A, 1836) | 30 | |
| Karoo lark | Calendulauda albescens (Lafresnaye, 1839) | 31 | |
| Red lark | Calendulauda burra (Bangs, 1930) | 32 | |
| Dune lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys (Strickland, 1853) | 33 | |
| Archer's lark | Heteromirafra archeri Clarke, S, 1920 | 34 | |
| Rudd's lark | Heteromirafra ruddi (Grant, CHB, 1908) | 35 | |
| Monotonous lark | Mirafra passerina Gyldenstolpe, 1926 | 36 | |
| Friedmann's lark | Mirafra pulpa Friedmann, 1930 | 37 | |
| Kordofan lark | Mirafra cordofanica Strickland, 1852 | 38 | |
| Williams's lark | Mirafra williamsi Macdonald, 1956 | 39 | |
| Singing bush lark | Mirafra javanica Horsfield, 1821 | 40 | |
| Melodious lark | Mirafra cheniana Smith, A, 1843 | 41 | |
| White-tailed lark | Mirafra albicauda Reichenow, 1891 | 42 | |
| Burmese bush lark | Plocealauda microptera Hume, 1873 | 43 | |
| Indochinese bush lark | Plocealauda erythrocephala Salvadori & Giglioli, 1885 | 44 | |
| Jerdon's bush lark | Plocealauda affinis Blyth, 1845 | 45 | |
| Indian bush lark | Plocealauda erythroptera Blyth, 1845 | 46 | |
| Bengal bush lark | Plocealauda assamica Horsfield, 1840 | 47 | |
| Collared lark | Amirafra collaris Sharpe, 1896 | 48 | |
| Angola lark | Amirafra angolensis Barboza du Bocage, 1880 | 49 | |
| Flappet lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea (Salvadori, 1866) | 50 | |
| Cape clapper lark | Corypha apiata (Vieillot, 1816) | 51 | |
| Eastern clapper lark | Corypha fasciolata (Sundevall, 1850) | 52 | |
| Kidpeo lark | Corypha kidepoensis (Macdonald, 1940) | 53 | |
| Red-winged lark | Corypha hypermetra (Reichenow, 1879) | 54 | |
| Highland lark | Corypha kurrae Lynes, 1923 | 55 | |
| Rufous-naped lark | Corypha africana Smith, A, 1836 | 56 | |
| Sentinel lark | Corypha athi Hartert, EJO, 1900 | 57 | |
| Plains lark | Corypha kabali White, CMN, 1943 | 58 | |
| Plateau lark | Corypha nigrescens Reichenow, 1900 | 59 | |
| Russet lark | Corypha sharpii Elliot, DG, 1897 | 60 | |
| Somali lark | Corypha somalica (Witherby, 1903) | 61 | |
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 62 | |
| Obbia lark | Spizocorys obbiensis Witherby, 1905 | 63 | |
| Sclater's lark | Spizocorys sclateri (Shelley, 1902) | 64 | |
| Stark's lark | Spizocorys starki (Shelley, 1902) | 65 | |
| Short-tailed lark | Spizocorys fremantlii (Lort Phillips, 1897) | 66 | |
| Masked lark | Spizocorys personata Sharpe, 1895 | 67 | |
| Botha's lark | Spizocorys fringillaris (Sundevall, 1850) | 68 | |
| Pink-billed lark | Spizocorys conirostris (Sundevall, 1850) | 69 | |
| White-winged lark | Alauda leucoptera Pallas, 1811 | 70 | |
| Raso lark | Alauda razae (Alexander, 1898) | 71 | |
| Oriental skylark | Alauda gulgula Franklin, 1831 | 72 | |
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 | 73 | |
| Sykes's lark | Galerida deva (Sykes, 1832) | 74 | |
| Sun lark | Galerida modesta Heuglin, 1864 | 75 | |
| Large-billed lark | Galerida magnirostris (Stephens, 1826) | 76 | |
| Thekla's lark | Galerida theklae Brehm, AE, 1857 | 77 | |
| Crested lark | Galerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 78 | |
| Malabar lark | Galerida malabarica (Scopoli, 1786) | 79 | |
| Maghreb lark | Galerida macrorhyncha Tristram, 1859 | 80 | |
| Horned lark | Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 81 | |
| Temminck's lark | Eremophila bilopha (Temminck, 1823) | 82 | |
| Hume's short-toed lark | Calandrella acutirostris Hume, 1873 | 83 | |
| Mongolian short-toed lark | Calandrella dukhunensis (Sykes, 1832) | 84 | |
| Blanford's lark | Calandrella blanfordi (Shelley, 1902) | 85 | |
| Rufous-capped lark | Calandrella eremica (Reichenow & Peters, N, 1932) | 86 | |
| Red-capped lark | Calandrella cinerea (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 87 | |
| Greater short-toed lark | Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisler, 1814) | 88 | |
| Bimaculated lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata (Ménétriés, 1832) | 89 | |
| Calandra lark | Melanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus, 1766) | 90 | |
| Black lark | Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forster, JR, 1768) | 91 | |
| Mongolian lark | Melanocorypha mongolica (Pallas, 1776) | 92 | |
| Tibetan lark | Melanocorypha maxima Blyth, 1867 | 93 | |
| Dupont's lark | Chersophilus duponti (Vieillot, 1824) | 94 | |
| Dunn's lark | Eremalauda dunni (Shelley, 1904) | 95 | |
| Arabian lark | Eremalauda eremodites (Meinertzhagen, R, 1923) | 96 | |
| Athi short-toed lark | Alaudala athensis (Sharpe, 1900) | 97 | |
| Asian short-toed lark | Alaudala cheleensis Swinhoe, 1871 | 98 | |
| Somali short-toed lark | Alaudala somalica Sharpe, 1895 | 99 | |
| Mediterranean short-toed lark | Alaudala rufescens (Vieillot, 1819) | 100 | |
| Turkestan short-toed lark | Alaudala heinei (Homeyer, 1873) | 101 | |
| Sand lark | Alaudala raytal (Blyth, 1845) | 102 | |