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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- 12 1 6 5 8 1 Australasian Bushlark (Mirafra javanica)
- 19 1 10 8 8 2 Jerdon's Bushlark (Mirafra affinis)
- 31 1 20 10 8 3 Indian Bushlark (Mirafra erythroptera)
- 9 1 5 3 8 4 Indochinese Bushlark (Mirafra erythrocephala)
- 4 1 3 8 5 Bengal Bushlark (Mirafra assamica)
- 1 1 8 6 Burmese Bushlark (Mirafra microptera)
- 1 1 8 7 Madagascar Lark (Mirafra hova)
- 16 3 7 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)
- 2 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)
- 6 6 8 18 Red-winged Lark (Mirafra hypermetra)
- 18 2 10 6 8 19 Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana)
- 1 1 8 20 Angola Lark (Mirafra angolensis)
- 14 1 7 6 8 21 Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea)
- 3 3 8 22 Cape Clapper Lark (Mirafra apiata)
- 4 3 1 8 23 Eastern Clapper Lark (Mirafra fasciolata)
- 1 1 8 24 Collared Lark (Mirafra collaris)
- 7 1 3 3 8 25 Gillett's Lark (Mirafra gilletti)
- 1 1 4 26 Degodi Lark (Mirafra degodiensis)
- 0 2 27 Archer's Lark (Heteromirafra archeri)
- 15 6 9 2 28 Sidamo Lark (Heteromirafra sidamoensis)
- 2 1 1 4 29 Rudd's Lark (Heteromirafra ruddi)
- 4 2 2 8 30 Pink-breasted Lark (Calendulauda poecilosterna)
- 18 1 14 3 8 31 Sabota Lark (Calendulauda sabota)
- 7 1 2 4 8 32 Fawn-coloured Lark (Calendulauda africanoides)
- 15 1 9 5 8 33 Foxy Lark (Calendulauda alopex)
- 1 1 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)
- 9 1 4 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)
- 7 4 3 8 40 Gray's Lark (Ammomanopsis grayi)
- 15 11 4 8 41 Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata)
- 4 4 2 42 Beesley's Lark (Chersomanes beesleyi)
- 0 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)
- 13 1 11 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)
- 36 2 19 15 8 49 Greater Hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
- 1 1 8 50 Lesser Hoopoe-lark (Alaemon hamertoni)
- 13 1 3 9 6 51 Dupont's Lark (Chersophilus duponti)
- 0 8 52 Black-eared Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix australis)
- 22 13 9 8 53 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucotis)
- 30 1 16 13 8 54 Black-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
- 9 1 7 1 8 55 Grey-backed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix verticalis)
- 11 6 5 8 56 Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix signatus)
- 14 7 7 8 57 Fischer's Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucopareia)
- 50 2 33 15 8 58 Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix griseus)
- 11 1 6 4 8 59 Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cinctura)
- 26 2 17 7 8 60 Rufous-tailed Lark (Ammomanes phoenicura)
- 25 13 12 8 61 Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
- 16 8 8 8 62 Thick-billed Lark (Ramphocoris clotbey)
- 50 2 19 29 8 63 Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
- 19 1 14 4 8 64 Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
- 5 1 1 3 8 65 Tibetan Lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
- 7 1 3 3 8 66 Mongolian Lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
- 4 3 1 8 67 White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
- 11 1 10 8 68 Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
- 53 1 23 29 8 69 Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
- 17 11 6 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)
- 14 4 10 8 74 Somali Short-toed Lark (Calandrella somalica)
- 15 2 8 5 8 75 Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
- 14 12 2 8 76 Sand Lark (Calandrella raytal)
- 66 3 32 31 8 77 Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- 27 9 18 8 78 Temminck's Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
- 3 1 2 8 79 Dunn's Lark (Eremalauda dunni)
- 5 3 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)
- 10 3 7 8 86 Short-tailed Lark (Pseudalaemon fremantlii)
- 153 4 80 69 8 87 Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- 64 5 28 31 8 88 Thekla Lark (Galerida theklae)
- 21 1 13 7 8 89 Malabar Lark (Galerida malabarica)
- 5 1 4 8 90 Sun Lark (Galerida modesta)
- 22 1 13 8 8 91 Sykes's Lark (Galerida deva)
- 12 1 7 4 8 92 Large-billed Lark (Galerida magnirostris)
- 73 9 24 40 8 93 Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- 21 2 12 7 8 94 Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)
- 1 1 2 95 Raso Lark (Alauda razae)
- 28 2 11 15 8 96 Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
Family statistics
21 genera, 96 species
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| 21 genera | (100%) |
| 89 species | (93%) |
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