Galerida | |
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Crested lark (Galerida cristata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: |
Galerida F. Boie, 1828 |
Type species | |
Alauda cristata
Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
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Galerida is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae. The current scientific name is derived from Latin. Galerida was the name for a lark with a crest, from galerum, "cap". [1] The name Galerida is synonymous with the earlier genus names Calendula, Heliocorys and Ptilocorys. [2]
The genus Galerida was established by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1828. [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the crested lark. [4]
The genus contains seven species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Galerida deva | Sykes's lark | central India | |
Galerida modesta | Sun lark | Guinea to South Sudan | |
Galerida magnirostris | Large-billed lark | southern Africa | |
Galerida theklae | Thekla lark | Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia | |
Galerida cristata | Crested lark | northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China | |
Galerida malabarica | Malabar lark | western India. | |
Galerida macrorhyncha | Maghreb lark | Maghreb desert of north-eastern Africa. |
There are at least two fossil species which are included in this genus:
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Galerida:
Galerida | |
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Crested lark (Galerida cristata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: |
Galerida F. Boie, 1828 |
Type species | |
Alauda cristata
Linnaeus, 1758
| |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
|
Galerida is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae. The current scientific name is derived from Latin. Galerida was the name for a lark with a crest, from galerum, "cap". [1] The name Galerida is synonymous with the earlier genus names Calendula, Heliocorys and Ptilocorys. [2]
The genus Galerida was established by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1828. [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the crested lark. [4]
The genus contains seven species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Galerida deva | Sykes's lark | central India | |
Galerida modesta | Sun lark | Guinea to South Sudan | |
Galerida magnirostris | Large-billed lark | southern Africa | |
Galerida theklae | Thekla lark | Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia | |
Galerida cristata | Crested lark | northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China | |
Galerida malabarica | Malabar lark | western India. | |
Galerida macrorhyncha | Maghreb lark | Maghreb desert of north-eastern Africa. |
There are at least two fossil species which are included in this genus:
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Galerida: