Genus
Calandrella
7 species
The list of species of Calandrella genus
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The list of species of Calandrella genus
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The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla ) is a small passerine bird. The current scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, Calandrella, is a diminutive of kalandros, the calandra lark, and brachydactila is from brakhus,...
The red-capped lark, Calandrella cinerea, is a small passerine bird. This lark breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and Somaliland. In the south, its range stretches across the continent to Angola and south to the Cape...
Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-central Asia from Iran and Kazakhstan to China.
The Mongolian short-toed lark or Sykes's short-toed lark (Calandrella dukhunensis ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It breeds in China and Mongolia and winters in southern Asia.
Erlanger's lark (Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri ) is a small passerine bird of the lark family endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia. The name of this bird commemorates the German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger.It is considered to be a subspecies...
Blanford's lark or Blanford's short-toed lark (Calandrella blanfordi ) is a small passerine bird of the lark family, Alaudidae, which is native to north-east Africa. Its common name commemorates the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford.
The rufous-capped lark (Calandrella eremica ) is a small passerine bird of the lark family found in southwestern Arabia and Somaliland. It was considered to be a subspecies of Blanford's lark.