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* [[Botha's lark]] (as ''Alauda fringillaris'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=53C0293AE6A9B14F|title=Spizocorys fringillaris - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-04}}</ref> |
* [[Botha's lark]] (as ''Alauda fringillaris'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=53C0293AE6A9B14F|title=Spizocorys fringillaris - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-04}}</ref> |
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* [[Pink-billed lark]] (as ''Alauda conirostris'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1E4143F8B2A08B03|title=Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-04}}</ref> |
* [[Pink-billed lark]] (as ''Alauda conirostris'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1E4143F8B2A08B03|title=Spizocorys conirostris - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-04}}</ref> |
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* [[Sykes's lark]] (as ''Alauda |
* [[Sykes's lark]] (as ''Alauda deva'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=4A6368CF5D87C1A7|title=Galerida deva - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-18}}</ref> |
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* [[Large-billed lark]] (as ''A. magnirostris'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=6CC67AB9&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Galerida magnirostris - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-07}}</ref> |
* [[Large-billed lark]] (as ''A. magnirostris'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=6CC67AB9&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Galerida magnirostris - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-07}}</ref> |
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* [[Crested lark]] (as ''Alauda cristata'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=FC79EB47&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Galerida cristata - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref> |
* [[Crested lark]] (as ''Alauda cristata'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=FC79EB47&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Galerida cristata - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref> |
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Alauda is a genusoflarks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands.[1] Further, at least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The current genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin.[2]
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.
Previously, some authorities also classified the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Alauda: