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Calendulauda
Sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Calendulauda
Blyth, 1855
Type species
Alauda albescens
      range of the genus

Calendulauda is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Established by Edward Blyth in 1855, it contains eight species.

Taxonomy and systematics

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The genus Calendulauda was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1855 with the Karoo lark as the type species.[1][2] The name Calendulauda is a combination of the names of two other lark genera: Calendula and Alauda.[3] All of the species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Mirafra and several were also formerly assigned to the genera Alauda and Certhilauda.

Species

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The genus Calendulauda contains eight species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Calendulauda rufa Rusty bush lark central and west Africa
Calendulauda sabota Sabota lark southern Africa
Calendulauda poecilosterna Pink-breasted lark southeastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia through Kenya to southern Somalia, northeastern Tanzania and eastern Uganda
Calendulauda gilletti Gillett's lark east Africa
Calendulauda africanoides Fawn-coloured lark (includes Foxy lark) south-central and east-central Africa
Calendulauda albescens Karoo lark South Africa
Calendulauda burra Red lark western South Africa and possibly Namibia
Calendulauda erythrochlamys Dune lark (includes Barlow's lark) Namibia and northwest South Africa -

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