Certhilauda

Certhilauda
An Eastern long-billed lark (C. semitorquata) in South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Certhilauda Swainson, 1827
Type species
Alauda curvirostris[1] Hermann, 1783
Species
6, see text
Range of the genus

Certhilauda is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae living in the southern regions of Africa. The genus was formerly named Heterocorys.

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus Certhilauda contains six species:[2]

• Short-clawed lark (Certhilauda chuana)
• Karoo long-billed lark (Certhilauda subcoronata)
• Benguela long-billed lark (Certhilauda benguelensis)
• Eastern long-billed lark (Certhilauda semitorquata)
• Cape long-billed lark (Certhilauda curvirostris)
• Agulhas long-billed lark (Certhilauda brevirostris)

Former species

Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize several additional species or subspecies as belonging to the genus Certhilauda, including:

• Greater hoopoe-lark (as the bifasciated lark, Certhilauda desertorum)[3]
• Eastern greater hoopoe-lark (as Certhilauda doriae)[4]
• Spike-heeled lark (as Certhilauda albofasciata)[5]
• Spike-heeled lark (kalahariae) (as Certhilauda kalahariae)[6]
• Spike-heeled lark (garrula) (as Certhilauda garrula)[7]
• Rufous-rumped lark (as Certhilauda erythropygia)[8]
• Karoo lark (as Certhilauda albescens)[9]
• Red lark (as Certhilauda burra, Certhilauda erythroclamys or Certhilauda harei)[10]
• Dune lark (as Certhilauda erythrochlamys)[11]
• Barlow's lark (as Certhilauda barlowi)[12]
• Somali lark (as Certhilauda somalica)[13]

References

1. "Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
3. Blanford, William Thomas (1870-01-01). Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia: Made During the Progress of the British Expedition to that Country in 1867-68. Macmillan and Company. Certhilauda desertorum.
4. "Alaemon alaudipes doriae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
5. "Chersomanes [albofasciata or beesleyi] - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
6. "Chersomanes albofasciata kalahariae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
7. "Chersomanes albofasciata garrula - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
8. "Pinarocorys erythropygia - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
9. "Calendulauda albescens - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
10. "Calendulauda burra - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
11. "Calendulauda erythrochlamys - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
12. "Calendulauda barlowi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
13. "Mirafra somalica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-29.