Alaudidae - Larks

179 Alaudidae - Larks - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Mirafra cantillans - Singing Bush Lark - Widespread Africa, also Arabian Peninsula & India
Mirafra javanica - Horsfield's Bush Lark - Southeast Asia through Australia
Mirafra hova - Madagascar Lark - Madagascar
Mirafra passerina - Monotonous Lark - SC Africa
Mirafra albicauda - White-tailed Lark - C, EC Africa
Mirafra cheniana - Melodious Lark - SE Africa
Mirafra cordofanica - Kordofan Lark - C, WC Africa
Mirafra williamsi - Williams's Lark - N, C Kenya
Mirafra pulpa - Friedmann's Lark - EC Africa
Mirafra africana - Rufous-naped Lark - Widespread Africa
Mirafra hypermetra - Red-winged Lark - EC Africa
Mirafra somalica - Somali Lark - Somalia
Mirafra ashi - Ash's Lark - E Somalia
Mirafra angolensis - Angola Lark - SC Africa
Mirafra rufocinnamomea - Flappet Lark - Widespread Africa
Mirafra apiata - Cape Clapper Lark - SW Namibia, W, SC, S. Africa - new name and range
Mirafra fasciolata - Eastern Clapper Lark - SW Zambia, N, EC Namibia, Botswana, C and E South Africa - split from M.apiata
Mirafra collaris - Collared Lark - E Africa
Mirafra assamica - Bengal Bush Lark - N India
Mirafra affinis - Jerdon's Bush Lark - S India, Sri Lanka
Mirafra microptera - Burmese Bush Lark - C Burma
Mirafra erythrocephala - Indochinese Bush Lark - Southeast Asia
Mirafra rufa - Rusty Bush Lark - C, W Africa
Mirafra gilletti - Gillett's Lark - E Africa - Degodi Lark M.degodiensis is synonym
Mirafra erythroptera - Indian Bush Lark - India, Pakistan

Heteromirafra ruddi - Rudd's Lark - South Africa
Heteromirafra archeri - Archer's Lark - NW Somalia
Heteromirafra sidamoensis - Sidamo Lark - S Ethiopia

Four species of Mirafra larks and four species of Certhilauda larks to the Calendulauda
Calendulauda africanoides - Fawn-colored Lark - SC Africa
Calendulauda alopex - Foxy Lark - EC Africa
Calendulauda poecilosterna - Pink-breasted Lark - NE Africa
Calendulauda sabota - Sabota Lark - S Africa
Calendulauda albescens - Karoo Lark - South Africa
Calendulauda erythrochlamys - Dune Lark - WC Namibia
Calendulauda barlowi - Barlow's Lark - SW Namibia, NW South Africa
Calendulauda burra - Red Lark - C South Africa

Certhilauda benguelensis - Benguela Long-billed Lark - SW Angola, NW Namibia
Certhilauda subcoronata - Karoo Long-billed Lark - SW Africa
Certhilauda semitorquata - Eastern Long-billed Lark - SE Africa
Certhilauda curvirostris - Cape Long-billed Lark - SW Namibia, W South Africa
Certhilauda brevirostris - Agulhas Long-billed Lark - S South Africa
Certhilauda chuana - Short-clawed Lark - SC Africa

Pinarocorys nigricans - Dusky Lark - C, S Africa
Pinarocorys erythropygia - Rufous-rumped Lark - C, W Africa

Chersomanes albofasciata - Spike-heeled Lark - S, SW Africa
Chersomanes beesleyi - Beesley's Lark - NE Tanzania - split from C.albofasciata

Alaemon alaudipes - Greater Hoopoe-Lark - Morocco to Pakistan
Alaemon hamertoni - Lesser Hoopoe-Lark - Somalia

Ramphocoris clotbey - Thick-billed Lark - NW, Africa, also C Arabian Peninsula

Melanocorypha calandra - Calandra Lark - SW, Eurasia, also N Africa
Melanocorypha bimaculata - Bimaculated Lark - SC Eurasia - n India, ne AF
Melanocorypha mongolica - Mongolian Lark - E Eurasia
Melanocorypha maxima - Tibetan Lark - Tibet
Melanocorypha leucoptera - White-winged Lark - C Eurasia
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis - Black Lark - C Eurasia

Ammomanes cinctura - Bar-tailed Lark - Morocco to Pakistan
Ammomanes phoenicura - Rufous-tailed Lark - India, Pakistan
Ammomanes deserti - Desert Lark - Morocco to W India

Ammomanopsis grayi - Gray's Lark - SW Africa - from Ammomanes

Calandrella brachydactyla - Greater Short-toed Lark - C, S Eurasia - AF, India
Calandrella blanfordi - Blanford's Short-toed Lark - NE, Africa, also S Arabian Peninsula
Calandrella erlangeri - Erlanger's Lark - Ethiopia
Calandrella cinerea - Red-capped Lark - S Africa
Calandrella acutirostris - Hume's Short-toed Lark - SC Eurasia - n India
Calandrella raytal - Sand Lark - Pakistan to Burma
Calandrella rufescens - Lesser Short-toed Lark - S, Eurasia, also N Africa
Calandrella cheleensis - Asian Short-toed Lark - SC to E Eurasia
Calandrella somalica - Somali Short-toed Lark - E, NE Africa
Calandrella athensis - Athi Short-toed Lark - E Africa

Spizocorys conirostris - Pink-billed Lark - SC Africa
Spizocorys fringillaris - Botha's Lark - NE South Africa
Spizocorys sclateri - Sclater's Lark - W South Africa, S Namibia
Spizocorys obbiensis - Obbia Lark - C Somalia
Spizocorys personata - Masked Lark - Ethiopia, Kenya
Spizocorys starki - Stark's Lark - SW Africa - from Eremalauda

Eremalauda dunni - Dunn's Lark - C, W, Africa, also C Arabian Peninsula

Chersophilus duponti - Dupont's Lark - N, Africa, also Spain

Pseudalaemon fremantlii - Short-tailed Lark - E, NE Africa

Galerida cristata - Crested Lark - Widespread Eurasia, Africa
Galerida macrorhyncha - Maghreb Lark - E Morocco to N Algeria; Maghreb Desert - split from Crested Lark, note not randonii
Galerida theklae - Thekla Lark - N, E, Africa, also Spain & Portugal - possible species: (hueii, praetermissa and elliotii)
Galerida malabarica - Malabar Lark - W India
Galerida deva - Sykes's Lark - C India
Galerida modesta - Sun Lark - Widespread Africa
Galerida magnirostris - Large-billed Lark - S Africa

Lullula arborea - Woodlark - W, Eurasia, also N Africa

Alauda arvensis - Eurasian Skylark - Widespread Eurasia - to N Africa
Alauda gulgula - Oriental Skylark - Widespread Asia, also C Asia
Alauda razae - Raso Lark - Cape Verde Is

Eremopterix australis - Black-eared Sparrow-Lark - S Africa
Eremopterix leucotis - Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark - Widespread Africa
Eremopterix signatus - Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark - E, NE Africa
Eremopterix verticalis - Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark - S, SC Africa
Eremopterix nigriceps - Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark - Mauritania to NW India
Eremopterix griseus - Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark - India, Pakistan
Eremopterix leucopareia - Fischer's Sparrow-Lark - E Africa

Eremophila alpestris - Horned Lark - Widespread North America, Middle America, Eurasia
Eremophila bilopha - Temminck's Lark - N, Africa, also Arabian Peninsula