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Calandrella
Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Calandrella Kaup, 1829
Type species
Alauda brachydactyla Leisler, 1814
Species
see text
Synonyms
Tephrocorys

Calandrella is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus Calandrella was established by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829 with the greater short-toed lark as the type species. The genus name is a diminutive of Ancient Greek kalandros, the calandra lark. Four of the species in the genus use the shortened name of short-toed lark as an alternate name.

Extant species

Six species are recognized in the genus:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Calandrella acutirostris	Hume's short-toed lark	from Iran and Kazakhstan to China.
	Calandrella dukhunensis	Mongolian short-toed lark	China and Mongolia
	Calandrella blanfordi	Blanford's lark	northeast Africa and Arabia
	Calandrella eremica	Rufous-capped lark	southwestern Arabia and Somaliland.
	Calandrella cinerea	Red-capped lark	Ethiopia and Somaliland
	Calandrella brachydactyla	Greater short-toed lark	southern edge of the Sahara and India

Extinct species

At least one fossil species is included in this genus:

• †Calandrella gali (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)

Former species

Some authorities have classified the following species as belonging to the genus Calandrella:

• Buckley's lark (as Calandrella buckleyi)
• Obbia lark (as Calandrella obbiensis)
• Sclater's lark (as Calandrella sclateri)
• Stark's lark (as Calandrella starki)
• Masked lark (as Calandrella personata)
• Botha's lark (as Calandrella fringillaris)
• Pink-billed Lark (as Calandrella conirostris)
• Raso lark (as Calandrella razae)
• Athi short-toed lark (as Calandrella athensis)
• Asian short-toed lark (as Calandrella cheleensis)
• Kazakhstan lesser short-toed lark (as Calandrella leucophaea)
• Somali short-toed lark (as Calandrella somalica)
• Sand lark (as Calandrella raytal)

References

1. Kaup, Johann Jakob (1829). Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt (in German). Vol. c. 1. Darmstadt: Carl Wilhelm Leske. p. 39.
2. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
4. Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
5. "Mirafra rufocinnamomea buckleyi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
6. "Spizocorys obbiensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
7. "Spizocorys sclateri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
8. "Spizocorys starki - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
9. "Spizocorys personata - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
10. "Spizocorys fringillaris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
11. "Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
12. "Alauda razae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
13. "Alaudala athensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
14. "Alaudala cheleensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
15. "Alaudala cheleensis leucophaea - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
16. "Alaudala somalica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
17. "Alaudala raytal - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-21.

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