Galerida
| Galerida | |
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| Crested lark (Galerida cristata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Galerida F. Boie, 1828 |
| Type species | |
| Alauda cristata Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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". The name Galerida is synonymous with the earlier genus names Calendula, Heliocorys and Ptilocorys.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus Galerida was established by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1828. The type species was subsequently designated as the crested lark.
Extant species
The genus contains six species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Galerida deva | Sykes's lark | central India |
_(8080033500).jpg) | Galerida modesta | Sun lark | Guinea to South Sudan |
.jpg) | Galerida magnirostris | Large-billed lark | southern Africa |
.jpg) | Galerida theklae | Thekla lark | Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia |
 | Galerida cristata | Crested lark | northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China |
 | Galerida malabarica | Malabar lark | western India. |
Extinct species
There are at least two fossil species which are included in this genus:
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Galerida:
- Short-tailed lark (as Galerida fremantlii)
- Dunn's lark (as Calendula dunni)
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ↑ 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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