Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands.[1] Further, at least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The current genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin.[2]

Alauda
Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song of Eurasian skylark
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Alauda
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Alauda arvensis
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Taxonomy and systematics

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The genus Alauda was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the Eurasian skylark.[4]

The genus Alauda has four extant and at least two extinct species. Formerly, many other species have also been considered to belong to the genus.

Extant species

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The genus contains four species:[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Alauda leucoptera White-winged lark southern Ukraine through Kazakhstan to south-central Russia
  Alauda razae Raso lark Raso islet in the Cape Verde Islands
  Alauda gulgula Oriental skylark southern, central and eastern Asia
  Alauda arvensis Eurasian skylark across Europe and Asia

Extinct species

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  • Alauda xerarvensis (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria)[5]
  • Alauda tivadari (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)[6]

Former species

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Previously, some authorities also classified the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Alauda:

References

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  3. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii. p. 165.
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