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Alauda
Sign in to saveAlauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, with one species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. At least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin.
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Alauda is a genus of birds within the family Alaudidae. It belongs to the order Passeriformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and holds an accepted status in biological classification.
The genus includes the Eurasian Skylark, which is not considered extinct. Records of this organism are held by institutions including NHMUK, USNM, GNM, and RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE. Documented occurrences span countries such as Ethiopia, China, India, Myanmar, and Norway. While specific observation counts vary across different databases, the taxon remains a recognized entity in ornithological records.
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Species
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAlaudidae
Verbreitungskarte der Gattung Alauda Gelege einer Feldlerche Orientfeldlerche, Indien Alauda ist eine Gattung der Lerchen. Unter den heute lebenden Vogelarten gehören 4 Arten zu der Gattung. Eine deutsche Bezeichnung hat sich für diese Gattung bislang nicht eingebürgert, sie werden jedoch gelegentlich als Feldlerchen bezeichnet. Mit der Feldlerche gehört zu dieser Gattung eine Vogelart, die in der europäischen Kultur eine besondere Rolle spielt. Auf Grund ihres melodiösen Gesangs, den sie mit großer Vehemenz vor allem im Singflug vorträgt, haben Dichter wie Shakespeare, Blake oder Shelley und Musiker wie Ralph Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending) ihr Werke gewidmet.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 53
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Alaudidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, USNM, GNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Ethiopia, China, India, Myanmar, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Turkey
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy and systematics
- Extant species
- Extinct species
- Former species
- References
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Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, with one species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. At least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin.
==Taxonomy and systematics== The genus Alauda was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species was subsequently designated as the Eurasian skylark.
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