Galerida is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae. The current scientific name is derived from Latin. Galerida was the name for a lark with a crest, from galerum, "cap".[1] The name Galerida is synonymous with the earlier genus names Calendula, Heliocorys and Ptilocorys.[2]
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| Crested lark (Galerida cristata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Galerida F. Boie, 1828 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda cristata Linnaeus, 1758
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Taxonomy and systematics edit
The genus Galerida was established by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1828.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the crested lark.[4]
Extant species edit
The genus contains seven species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Galerida deva | Sykes's lark | central India |
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Galerida modesta | Sun lark | Guinea to South Sudan |
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Galerida magnirostris | Large-billed lark | southern Africa |
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Galerida theklae | Thekla lark | Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia |
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Galerida cristata | Crested lark | northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China |
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Galerida malabarica | Malabar lark | western India. |
| Galerida macrorhyncha | Maghreb lark | Maghreb desert of north-eastern Africa. |
Extinct species edit
There are at least two fossil species which are included in this genus:
- †Galerida bulgarica (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria)[6]
- †Galerida pannonica (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary)[7]
Former species edit
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Galerida:
- Short-tailed lark (as Galerida fremantlii)[8]
- Dunn's lark (as Calendula dunni)[9]
References edit
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010-06-30). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408133262.
- ^ Boie, Friedrich (1828). "Galerida". Isis von Oken (in German). 21. Col 321.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 55.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ Boev, Zlatozar (2012). "Neogene Larks (Aves: Alaudidae (Vigors, 1825)) from Bulgaria" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 64 (3): 295–318.
- ^ Kessler, E (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary". Hantkeniana. 8: 37–149.
- ^ "Spizocorys fremantlii - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ "Eremalauda dunni - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
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