Alaemon
Sign in to saveAlaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAlaudidae
Observations recorded19,202
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Alaudidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Namibia, Ethiopia, Angola, South Africa
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Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.
==Taxonomy and systematics== The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander"). The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840.
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