Erlanger's lark

Erlanger's lark
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Calandrella
Species: C. erlangeri
Binomial name
Calandrella erlangeri
(Neumann, 1906)

Erlanger’s lark (Calandrella erlangeri) is a small passerine bird of the lark family. It occurs in Africa in the highlands of Ethiopia. The name of this bird commemorates the German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger.

It was considered to be a subspecies of Blanford's lark.

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