Taxonomy and systematics
The genus ''Alauda'' was introduced by the Swedish naturalistExtant species
The genus contains four species:Extinct species
* †''Alauda xerarvensis'' (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria) * †''Alauda tivadari'' (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)Former species
Previously, some authorities also classified the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ''Alauda'': * Greater hoopoe-lark (desertorum) (as ''Alauda desertorum'') * Gray's lark (as ''Alauda grayi'') * Short-clawed lark (as ''Alauda chuana'') * Cape long-billed lark (as ''Alauda curvirostris'') * Dusky lark (as ''Alauda nigricans'') * Rufous-rumped lark (as ''Alauda erythropygia'') * Desert lark (as ''Alauda deserti'') * Middle East desert lark (as ''Alauda isabellina'') * Bar-tailed lark (arenicolor) (as ''Alauda arenicolor'') * Senegal chestnut-backed finch-lark (as ''Alauda melanocephala'') * Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark (as ''Alauda grisea'') * Congo Sabota lark (as ''Alauda plebeja'') * Bradfield's lark (as ''Alauda naevia'') * Pink-breasted lark (as ''Alauda poecilosterna'') * Karoo lark (as ''Alauda albescens'') * Karoo lark (codea) (as ''Alauda codea'') * Karoo lark (guttata) (as ''Alauda guttata'') * Dune lark (as ''Alauda erythrochlamys'') * Eastern clapper lark (as ''Alauda fasciolata'') * Cape clapper lark (as ''Alauda apiata'') * Woodlark (as ''Alauda arborea'') * Botha's lark (as ''Alauda fringillaris'') * Pink-billed lark (as ''Alauda conirostris'') * Sykes's lark (as ''Alauda Deva'') * Large-billed lark (as ''A. magnirostris'') * Crested lark (as ''Alauda cristata'') * Senegal crested lark (as ''Alauda senegallensis'') * Crested lark (leautungensis) (as ''Alauda leautungensis'') * Indian crested lark (as ''Alauda Chendoola'') * Malabar lark (as ''Alauda malabarica'') * Horned lark (as ''Alauda alpestris'') * Mexican horned lark (as ''Alauda chrysolaema'') * Shore lark (as ''Alauda flava'') * Southern horned lark (as ''Alauda Penicillata'') * Temminck's lark (as ''Alauda bilopha'') * Mongolian short-toed lark (as ''Alauda Dukhunensis'') * Red-capped lark (as ''Alauda cinerea'') * Red-capped lark (spleniata) (as ''Alauda spleniata'') * Greater short-toed lark (as ''Alauda brachydactila'') * Steppe greater short-toed lark (as ''Alauda longipennis'') * Bimaculated lark (as ''Alauda bimaculata'') * Calandra lark (as ''Alauda calandra'') * Black lark (as ''Alauda yeltoniensis'') * Mongolian lark (as ''Alauda mongolica'') * Dupont's lark (as ''Alauda Duponti'') * Mediterranean short-toed lark (as ''Alauda rufescens'') * Sand lark (as ''Alauda raytal'')References
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