Erlanger's lark (''Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri'') is a small

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their ...

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of the

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family

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to the highlands of Ethiopia. The name of this bird commemorates the German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger. Calandrella erlangeri distribution map

It is considered to be a subspecies of Blanford's lark. Alternate names include Erlanger's red-capped lark, Erlanger's short-toed lark and Ethiopian short-toed lark.

References

Updates to ''Birds of the World: A Checklist'' by James F. Clements. Fifth Edition. 2000.
Erlanger's lark Endemic birds of Ethiopia Erlanger's lark Taxa named by Oscar Neumann {{alaudidae-stub