Calandrella
Genus of birds
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Calandrella is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.
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| Calandrella | |
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| Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Calandrella Kaup, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda brachydactyla Leisler, 1814 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy and systematics
The genus Calandrella was established by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829 with the greater short-toed lark as the type species.[1] The genus name is a diminutive of Ancient Greek kalandros, the calandra lark.[2] Four of the species in the genus use the shortened name of short-toed lark as an alternate name.
Extant species
Six species are recognized in the genus:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Calandrella acutirostris | Hume's short-toed lark | from Iran and Kazakhstan to China. |
 | Calandrella dukhunensis | Mongolian short-toed lark | China and Mongolia |
 | Calandrella blanfordi | Blanford's lark | northeast Africa and Arabia |
| Calandrella eremica | Rufous-capped lark | southwestern Arabia and Somaliland. | |
.jpg) | Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped lark | Ethiopia and Somaliland |
_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg) | Calandrella brachydactyla | Greater short-toed lark | southern edge of the Sahara and India |
Extinct species
At least one fossil species is included in this genus:
- †Calandrella gali (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)[4]
Former species
Some authorities have classified the following species as belonging to the genus Calandrella:
- Buckley's lark (as Calandrella buckleyi)[5]
- Obbia lark (as Calandrella obbiensis)[6]
- Sclater's lark (as Calandrella sclateri)[7]
- Stark's lark (as Calandrella starki)[8]
- Masked lark (as Calandrella personata)[9]
- Botha's lark (as Calandrella fringillaris)[10]
- Pink-billed Lark (as Calandrella conirostris)[11]
- Raso lark (as Calandrella razae)[12]
- Athi short-toed lark (as Calandrella athensis)[13]
- Asian short-toed lark (as Calandrella cheleensis)[14]
- Kazakhstan lesser short-toed lark (as Calandrella leucophaea)[15]
- Somali short-toed lark (as Calandrella somalica)[16]
- Sand lark (as Calandrella raytal)[17]
