Certhilauda
Certhilauda | |
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Eastern long-billed lark (Certhilauda semitorquata), South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Certhilauda Swainson, 1827 |
Species | |
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Certhilauda is a genus of larks in the Alaudidae family living in south-western and southern regions of Africa.
It contains the following six species:
- Cape long-billed lark (Certhilauda curvirostris)
- Agulhas long-billed lark (Certhilauda brevirostris)
- Benguela long-billed lark (Certhilauda benguelensis)
- Eastern long-billed lark (Certhilauda semitorquata)
- Karoo long-billed lark (Certhilauda subcoronata)
- Short-clawed lark (Certhilauda chuana)