Passeriformes

Larks (Alaudidae)

HBW 9, p. 496

Small to medium-sized terrestrial passerines with drab, mostly brownish or buffish plumage, 10 primaries, outer one often much reduced, long tertials; scutes on posterior surface of tarsus, nail of rear toe usually long and straight, and bill exceedingly variable in size and shape.
Africa and Eurasia, with single species in each of Australasia, Madagascar and America.
Open country, often in arid or semi-arid environments.
21 genera, 96 species, 407 taxa.
9 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.

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1 1 8 13 Monotonous Lark (Mirafra passerina)
1 1 8 8 Singing Bushlark (Mirafra cantillans)
3 2 1 8 1 Australasian Bushlark (Mirafra javanica)
1 1 6 14 Melodious Lark (Mirafra cheniana)
0 8 9 White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda)
1 1 8 7 Madagascar Lark (Mirafra hova)
0 8 10 Kordofan Lark (Mirafra cordofanica)
1 1 7 11 Williams's Lark (Mirafra williamsi)
1 1 7 15 Friedmann's Lark (Mirafra pulpa)
2 2 8 18 Red-winged Lark (Mirafra hypermetra)
0 8 17 Somali Long-billed Lark (Mirafra somalica)
0 3 16 Ash's Lark (Mirafra ashi)
1 1 8 20 Angola Lark (Mirafra angolensis)
8 1 3 4 8 19 Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana)
6 1 5 8 21 Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea)
0 8 22 Cape Clapper Lark (Mirafra apiata)
0 8 24 Collared Lark (Mirafra collaris)
4 1 3 8 3 Indian Bushlark (Mirafra erythroptera)
2 1 1 8 25 Gillett's Lark (Mirafra gilletti)
5 1 1 3 8 32 Fawn-coloured Lark (Calendulauda africanoides)
2 1 1 8 5 Bengal Bushlark (Mirafra assamica)
0 8 12 Rusty Lark (Mirafra rufa)
2 2 8 30 Pink-breasted Lark (Calendulauda poecilosterna)
1 1 4 26 Degodi Lark (Mirafra degodiensis)
5 1 1 3 8 31 Sabota Lark (Calendulauda sabota)
0 8 38 Rufous-rumped Lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia)
3 1 2 8 39 Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans)
0 2 27 Archer's Lark (Heteromirafra archeri)
8 1 7 2 28 Sidamo Lark (Heteromirafra sidamoensis)
0 4 29 Rudd's Lark (Heteromirafra ruddi)
0 8 43 Cape Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda curvirostris)
1 1 6 44 Algulhas Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda brevirostris)
2 2 8 45 Eastern Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda semitorquata)
3 1 1 1 8 46 Karoo Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda subcoronata)
3 1 1 1 8 47 Benguela Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda benguelensis)
1 1 8 48 Short-clawed Lark (Certhilauda chuana)
6 1 1 4 8 37 Dune Lark (Calendulauda erythrochlamys)
0 8 35 Karoo Lark (Calendulauda albescens)
0 8 36 Barlow's Lark (Calendulauda barlowi)
0 4 34 Red Lark (Calendulauda burra)
4 1 3 8 41 Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata)
0 8 52 Black-eared Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix australis)
8 2 6 8 53 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucotis)
7 1 6 8 54 Black-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
2 1 1 8 55 Grey-backed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis)
4 4 8 56 Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix signatus)
1 1 8 57 Fischer's Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia)
6 2 4 8 58 Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix griseus)
4 2 2 8 59 Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cinctura)
1 1 8 60 Rufous-tailed Lark (Ammomanes phoenicura)
9 2 7 8 61 Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
3 3 8 40 Gray's Lark (Ammomanopsis grayi)
15 3 12 8 49 Greater Hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
0 8 50 Lesser Hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni)
9 3 6 8 62 Thick-billed Lark (Ramphocoris clotbey)
11 5 6 8 63 Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
2 2 8 64 Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
3 1 2 8 65 Tibetan Lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
4 3 1 8 66 Mongolian Lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
0 8 67 White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
1 1 8 68 Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
14 3 11 8 69 Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
0 8 71 Blanford's Lark (Calandrella blanfordi)
0 8 73 Hume's Lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
4 2 1 1 8 75 Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
5 1 4 8 70 Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea)
2 2 8 76 Sand Lark (Calandrella raytal)
8 1 7 8 74 Somali Short-toed Lark (Calandrella somalica)
3 1 2 8 81 Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris)
1 1 3 82 Botha's Lark (Spizocorys fringillaris)
1 1 6 85 Sclater's Lark (Spizocorys sclateri)
0 7 83 Obbia Lark (Spizocorys obbiensis)
0 8 84 Masked Lark (Spizocorys personata)
0 8 79 Dunn's Lark (Eremalauda dunni)
2 2 8 80 Stark's Lark (Spizocorys starki)
8 8 6 51 Dupont's Lark (Chersophilus duponti)
43 2 14 27 8 87 Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
24 3 21 8 88 Thekla Lark (Galerida theklae)
2 2 8 89 Malabar Lark (Galerida malabarica)
4 4 8 90 Sun Lark (Galerida modesta)
4 1 3 8 91 Sykes's Lark (Galerida deva)
3 1 2 8 92 Large-billed Lark (Galerida magnirostris)
4 1 3 8 86 Short-tailed Lark (Pseudalaemon fremantlii)
12 1 3 8 8 96 Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
22 1 1 20 8 93 Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
6 1 5 8 94 Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)
0 2 95 Raso Lark (Alauda razae)
27 7 20 8 77 Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
17 2 15 8 78 Temminck's Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
2 1 1 8 2 Jerdon's Bushlark (Mirafra affinis)
3 2 1 8 4 Indochinese Bushlark (Mirafra erythrocephala)
0 8 6 Burmese Bushlark (Mirafra microptera)
1 1 8 33 Foxy Lark (Calendulauda alopex)
2 1 1 8 23 Eastern Clapper Lark (Mirafra fasciolata)
0 2 42 Beesley's Lark (Chersomanes beesleyi)
3 1 2 8 72 Erlanger's Lark (Calandrella erlangeri)

Family statistics

21 genera, 96 species

394 files covering
20 genera	(95%)
71 species	(74%)

275 videos covering
20 genera	(95%)
55 species	(57%)

106 photographs covering
18 genera	(86%)
59 species	(61%)

13 sound recordings covering
8 genera	(38%)
11 species	(11%)

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