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Genus of birds

Alaemon

Greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Alaemon Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Type species
Alauda desertorum Stanley, 1814
Species
Alaemon alaudipes Alaemon hamertoni

range of genus

Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.

Taxonomy and systematics

The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander"). The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840.

Extant species

The genus contains two species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Alaemon alaudipes	Greater hoopoe-lark	Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India
	Alaemon hamertoni	Lesser hoopoe-lark	Somalia

Former species

Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include:

Damara longbill (as Alaemon damarensis)
Gordonia longbill (as Alaemon bradshawi)
Benguela long-billed lark (as Alaemon benguelensis)
South-eastern Dupont's lark (as Alaemon Margaritae)

References

"Alaudidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
"ITIS Report: Alaemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
"Certhilauda damarensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
"Certhilauda subcoronata bradshawi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
"Certhilauda benguelensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
"Chersophilus duponti margaritae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-18.

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Genera of passerides and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Passerida

Chaetopidae?	Chaetops
Chloropseidae?	Chloropsis
Hyliotidae?	Hyliota
Irenidae	Irena
Paridae	Baeolophus Cyanistes Cephalopyrus Lophophanes Machlolophus Melaniparus Melanochlora Pardaliparus Parus Periparus Poecile Pseudopodoces Sittiparus Sylviparus
Picathartidae?	Picathartes
Promeropidae?	Promerops
Remizidae	Anthoscopus Auriparus Remiz
Stenostiridae	Chelidorhynx Culicicapa Elminia Stenostira
Muscicapida	See below ↓
Sylvioidea	See below ↓
Passeroidea	See Passeroidea

Corthylio
Regulus

Bombycillidae	Bombycilla
Dulidae	Dulus
Hylocitreidae	Hylocitrea
Hypocoliidae	Hypocolius
†Mohoidae	Chaetoptila Moho
Ptiliogonatidae	Phainopepla Phainoptila Ptiliogonys

incertae sedis	†Certhiops †Kischinskinia
Certhiidae	Certhia Salpornis
Polioptilidae	Microbates Polioptila Ramphocaenus
Sittidae	Sitta
Tichodromidae	Tichodroma
Troglodytidae	Campylorhynchus Cantorchilus Catherpes Cinnycerthia Cistothorus Cyphorhinus Ferminia Henicorhina Hylorchilus Microcerculus Odontorchilus Pheugopedius Salpinctes Thryomanes Thryophilus Thryorchilus Thryothorus Troglodytes Uropsila

Buphagus

Cinclus

Elachura

Copsychini	Alethe Cercotrichas Copsychus
Muscicapini	Agricola Bradornis Empidornis Fraseria Humblotia Melaenornis Muscicapa Namibornis Sigelus

†Meridiocichla Pinarornis
Myadestinae	Grandala Myadestes Neocossyphus Sialia Stizorhina
Turdinae	Catharus Chlamydochaera Cichlopsis Cochoa Entomodestes Geokichla Hylocichla Ridgwayia Ixoreus Turdus Zoothera

Alaudinae	Alauda Alaudala Calandrella Chersophilus Eremalauda Eremophila Galerida Lullula Melanocorypha Spizocorys
Certhilaudinae	Alaemon Ammomanes Ammomanopsis Certhilauda Chersomanes Eremopterix Pinarocorys Ramphocoris
Mirafrinae	Calendulauda Heteromirafra Mirafra

Alcippe

Donacobius

Erythrocercidae

Erythrocercus

Hylia
Pholidornis

Nicator

Panurus

Paradoxornithidae

Phylloscopus

Pnoepyga

Scotocerca

Curruca
Sylvia

Taxon identifiers
Alaemon	Wikidata: Q575045 Wikispecies: Alaemon ADW: Alaemon BioLib: 25712 BOLD: 116481 CoL: 629HS Fauna Europaea: 97385 Fauna Europaea (new): c6c0f95d-89d2-44f3-ab66-0382a43962ff GBIF: 2490658 iNaturalist: 7352 IRMNG: 1313471 ITIS: 557386 NCBI: 215279 WoRMS: 205385

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