Galerida
| Galerida | |
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| File:Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) at Sultanpur I Picture 118.jpg | |
| Crested lark (Galerida cristata) | |
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| 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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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]
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit | edit source]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]
Extant species
[edit | edit source]The genus contains six species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| File:Syke's Lark Galerida deva by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN5681 (2).jpg | Galerida deva | Sykes's lark | central India |
| File:Sun Lark (Galerida modesta) (8080033500).jpg | Galerida modesta | Sun lark | Guinea to South Sudan |
| File:Long-billed Lark - Natal - South Africa S4E7266 (16740106237).jpg | Galerida magnirostris | Large-billed lark | southern Africa |
| File:Thekla Lark seen on rocks near Sagres Portugal (11930398044).jpg | Galerida theklae | Thekla lark | Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia |
| File:Crested lark singing.jpg | Galerida cristata | Crested lark | northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China |
| File:Malabar Crested Lark.jpg | Galerida malabarica | Malabar lark | western India. |
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Extinct species
[edit | edit source]There are at least two fossil species which are included in this genus:
- †Galerida bulgarica (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria)[6]
- †Galerida pannonica (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary)[7]
Former species
[edit | edit source]Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Galerida:
- Short-tailed lark (as Galerida fremantlii)[8]
- Dunn's lark (as Calendula dunni)[9]
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