Certhilauda

Certhilauda
Eastern long-billed lark (Certhilauda semitorquata), South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Certhilauda Swainson, 1827
Species
6, See text

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

It contains the following six species:

• 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)

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

• Spike-heeled lark (as C. albofasciata).^[1]
• Greater hoopoe-lark (as the bifasciated lark, C. desertorum)^[2]
• Karoo lark (as C. albescens)^[3]
• Red lark (as C. burra, C. erythroclamys or C. harei)^[4]
• Dune lark (as C. erythrochlamys)^[5]
• Barlow's lark (as C. barlowi)^[6]
• Somali lark (as C. somalica)^[7]

References

1. "Chersomanes [albofasciata or beesleyi] - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
2. 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.
3. "Calendulauda albescens - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
4. "Calendulauda burra - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
5. "Calendulauda erythrochlamys - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
6. "Calendulauda barlowi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
7. "Mirafra somalica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-29.