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.

List of species:

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9 1 3 5 8 1 Australasian Bushlark (Mirafra javanica)
13 1 8 4 8 2 Jerdon's Bushlark (Mirafra affinis)
29 1 19 9 8 3 Indian Bushlark (Mirafra erythroptera)
8 5 3 8 4 Indochinese Bushlark (Mirafra erythrocephala)
4 1 3 8 5 Bengal Bushlark (Mirafra assamica)
0 8 6 Burmese Bushlark (Mirafra microptera)
1 1 8 7 Madagascar Lark (Mirafra hova)
15 3 6 6 8 8 Singing Bushlark (Mirafra cantillans)
1 1 8 9 White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda)
0 8 10 Kordofan Lark (Mirafra cordofanica)
1 1 7 11 Williams's Lark (Mirafra williamsi)
0 8 12 Rusty Lark (Mirafra rufa)
1 1 8 13 Monotonous Lark (Mirafra passerina)
1 1 6 14 Melodious Lark (Mirafra cheniana)
1 1 7 15 Friedmann's Lark (Mirafra pulpa)
0 3 16 Ash's Lark (Mirafra ashi)
1 1 8 17 Somali Long-billed Lark (Mirafra somalica)
3 3 8 18 Red-winged Lark (Mirafra hypermetra)
15 2 8 5 8 19 Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana)
1 1 8 20 Angola Lark (Mirafra angolensis)
10 4 6 8 21 Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea)
2 2 8 22 Cape Clapper Lark (Mirafra apiata)
3 2 1 8 23 Eastern Clapper Lark (Mirafra fasciolata)
1 1 8 24 Collared Lark (Mirafra collaris)
5 2 3 8 25 Gillett's Lark (Mirafra gilletti)
1 1 4 26 Degodi Lark (Mirafra degodiensis)
0 2 27 Archer's Lark (Heteromirafra archeri)
14 5 9 2 28 Sidamo Lark (Heteromirafra sidamoensis)
2 1 1 4 29 Rudd's Lark (Heteromirafra ruddi)
3 1 2 8 30 Pink-breasted Lark (Calendulauda poecilosterna)
15 1 11 3 8 31 Sabota Lark (Calendulauda sabota)
7 1 2 4 8 32 Fawn-coloured Lark (Calendulauda africanoides)
11 6 5 8 33 Foxy Lark (Calendulauda alopex)
0 4 34 Red Lark (Calendulauda burra)
2 1 1 8 35 Karoo Lark (Calendulauda albescens)
7 5 2 8 36 Barlow's Lark (Calendulauda barlowi)
8 1 3 4 8 37 Dune Lark (Calendulauda erythrochlamys)
3 2 1 8 38 Rufous-rumped Lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia)
6 4 2 8 39 Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans)
6 3 3 8 40 Gray's Lark (Ammomanopsis grayi)
10 7 3 8 41 Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata)
3 3 2 42 Beesley's Lark (Chersomanes beesleyi)
2 1 1 8 43 Cape Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda curvirostris)
3 1 2 6 44 Algulhas Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda brevirostris)
5 1 2 2 8 45 Eastern Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda semitorquata)
11 1 9 1 8 46 Karoo Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda subcoronata)
3 1 1 1 8 47 Benguela Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda benguelensis)
2 1 1 8 48 Short-clawed Lark (Certhilauda chuana)
31 17 14 8 49 Greater Hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
1 1 8 50 Lesser Hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni)
11 2 9 6 51 Dupont's Lark (Chersophilus duponti)
0 8 52 Black-eared Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix australis)
15 6 9 8 53 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucotis)
27 1 13 13 8 54 Black-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
9 1 7 1 8 55 Grey-backed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis)
9 4 5 8 56 Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix signatus)
6 6 8 57 Fischer's Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia)
37 2 22 13 8 58 Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix griseus)
9 5 4 8 59 Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cinctura)
22 2 13 7 8 60 Rufous-tailed Lark (Ammomanes phoenicura)
19 9 10 8 61 Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
15 8 7 8 62 Thick-billed Lark (Ramphocoris clotbey)
37 2 17 18 8 63 Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
15 1 11 3 8 64 Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
4 1 3 8 65 Tibetan Lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
6 3 3 8 66 Mongolian Lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
4 3 1 8 67 White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
5 1 4 8 68 Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
42 1 15 26 8 69 Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
11 7 4 8 70 Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea)
2 2 8 71 Blanford's Lark (Calandrella blanfordi)
7 1 2 4 8 72 Erlanger's Lark (Calandrella erlangeri)
3 1 2 8 73 Hume's Lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
13 3 10 8 74 Somali Short-toed Lark (Calandrella somalica)
11 2 4 5 8 75 Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
7 5 2 8 76 Sand Lark (Calandrella raytal)
49 1 21 27 8 77 Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
25 9 16 8 78 Temminck's Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
0 8 79 Dunn's Lark (Eremalauda dunni)
4 2 2 8 80 Stark's Lark (Spizocorys starki)
4 2 2 8 81 Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris)
4 3 1 3 82 Botha's Lark (Spizocorys fringillaris)
0 7 83 Obbia Lark (Spizocorys obbiensis)
1 1 8 84 Masked Lark (Spizocorys personata)
2 2 6 85 Sclater's Lark (Spizocorys sclateri)
9 2 7 8 86 Short-tailed Lark (Pseudalaemon fremantlii)
103 3 50 50 8 87 Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
53 4 24 25 8 88 Thekla Lark (Galerida theklae)
18 1 13 4 8 89 Malabar Lark (Galerida malabarica)
5 1 4 8 90 Sun Lark (Galerida modesta)
16 8 8 8 91 Sykes's Lark (Galerida deva)
8 5 3 8 92 Large-billed Lark (Galerida magnirostris)
51 5 15 31 8 93 Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
15 2 6 7 8 94 Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)
1 1 2 95 Raso Lark (Alauda razae)
22 2 7 13 8 96 Woodlark (Lullula arborea)

Family statistics

21 genera, 96 species

1017 files covering
20 genera	(95%)
87 species	(91%)

467 videos covering
20 genera	(95%)
66 species	(69%)

502 photographs covering
20 genera	(95%)
86 species	(90%)

48 sound recordings covering
12 genera	(57%)
30 species	(31%)

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Passeriformes

Larks (Alaudidae)

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