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

Alaemon
Greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Alaemon
Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Type species
Alauda desertorum[1]
Stanley, 1814
Species
range of genus

Taxonomy and systematics

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The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander").[2] The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840.[3]

Extant species

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The genus contains two species:[4]

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

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

References

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