Alauda
Genus of birds
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Taxonomy and systematics
The genus Alauda was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species was subsequently designated as the Eurasian skylark.
The genus Alauda has four extant and at least two extinct species. Formerly, many other species have also been considered to belong to the genus; Linnaeus originally also included pipits and the eastern meadowlark in the genus. As the first lark genus described, numerous other larks were also first described as species of Alauda before being transferred to new genera from the early 19th century onwards.
Extant species
The genus contains four species:
Extinct species
- †Alauda xerarvensis (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria)
- †Alauda tivadari (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)
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