Alaemon | |
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Greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: |
Alaemon Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 |
Type species | |
Alauda desertorum
[1] Stanley, 1814
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Species | |
range of genus |
Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.
The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander"). [2] The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840. [3]
The genus contains two species: [4]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Alaemon alaudipes | Greater hoopoe-lark | Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India | |
Alaemon hamertoni | Lesser hoopoe-lark | Somalia |
Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include:
Alaemon | |
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Greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: |
Alaemon Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 |
Type species | |
Alauda desertorum
[1] Stanley, 1814
| |
Species | |
range of genus |
Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.
The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander"). [2] The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840. [3]
The genus contains two species: [4]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
Alaemon alaudipes | Greater hoopoe-lark | Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India | |
Alaemon hamertoni | Lesser hoopoe-lark | Somalia |
Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include: