Alaemon

Alaemon
Greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Alaemon
Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Type species
Alauda desertorum
Stanley, 1814
Species
range of genus

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.

Extant species

The genus contains two species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Alaemon alaudipesGreater hoopoe-larkCape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India
Alaemon hamertoniLesser hoopoe-larkSomalia

Former species

Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include:

References

  1. ↑ "Alaudidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ↑ "ITIS Report: Alaemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Certhilauda damarensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  6. ↑ "Certhilauda subcoronata bradshawi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  7. ↑ "Certhilauda benguelensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  8. ↑ "Chersophilus duponti margaritae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-18.