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Certhilauda
Sign in to saveCerthilauda is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae living in the southern regions of Africa. The genus was formerly named Heterocorys.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAlaudidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 242
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Alaudidae
- Collections
- ROM, WFVZ, CUMV
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Namibia
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Certhilauda is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae living in the southern regions of Africa. The genus was formerly named Heterocorys.
==Taxonomy== The genus Certhilauda was introduced in 1827 by the English zoologist William Swainson. He specified the type species as "L'Alouette Sirli" of the French naturalist François Levaillant. This is Alauda curvirostris, the Cape long-billed lark, described by the French naturalist Johann Hermann in 1783. The genus name is a portmanteau of the genera Certhia for treecreepers and Alauda for the larks, both of which were introduced in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus.
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