Alaemon

Alaemon
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
Alaemon alaudipes Alaemon hamertoni
range of genus

Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.

Taxonomy and systematics

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]

Extant species

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

Former species

Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include:

• Damara longbill (as Alaemon damarensis)[5]
• Gordonia longbill (as Alaemon bradshawi)[6]
• Benguela long-billed lark (as Alaemon benguelensis)[7]
• South-eastern Dupont's lark (as Alaemon Margaritae)[8]

References

1. "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. "ITIS Report: Alaemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
5. "Certhilauda damarensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
6. "Certhilauda subcoronata bradshawi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
7. "Certhilauda benguelensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
8. "Chersophilus duponti margaritae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-18.