A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Alaudidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes (Desfontaines, 1789) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon hamertoni Witherby, 1905 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula Franklin, 1831 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged LarkAlauda leucoptera Pallas, 1811 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei (Homeyer, 1873) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali Short-toed LarkAlaudala somalica Sharpe, 1895 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flappet LarkAmirafra rufocinnamomea (Salvadori, 1866) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray's LarkAmmomanopsis grayi (Wahlberg, 1855) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla (Leisler, 1814) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongolian Short-toed LarkCalandrella dukhunensis (Sykes, 1832) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-capped LarkCalandrella eremica (Reichenow & N. Peters, 1932) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides (A. Smith, 1836) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescens (Lafresnaye, 1839) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red LarkCalendulauda burra (Bangs, 1930) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna (Reichenow, 1879) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Benguela Long-billed LarkCerthilauda benguelensis (Sharpe, 1904) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agulhas Long-billed LarkCerthilauda brevirostris Roberts, 1941 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Long-billed LarkCerthilauda semitorquata A. Smith, 1836 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dupont's LarkChersophilus duponti (Vieillot, 1824) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape Clapper LarkCorypha apiata (Vieillot, 1816) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sentinel LarkCorypha athi (E. J. O. Hartert, 1900) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-winged LarkCorypha hypermetra (Reichenow, 1879) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Horned LarkEremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fischer's Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucopareia (G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis (Stanley, 1814) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested LarkGalerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sykes's LarkGalerida deva (Sykes, 1832) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maghreb LarkGalerida macrorhyncha Tristram, 1859 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-billed LarkGalerida magnirostris (Stephens, 1826) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malabar LarkGalerida malabarica (Scopoli, 1786) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sun LarkGalerida modesta Heuglin, 1864 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thekla LarkGalerida theklae A. E. Brehm, 1857 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| WoodlarkLullula arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata (Ménétriés, 1832) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus, 1766) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tibetan LarkMelanocorypha maxima Blyth, 1867 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolica (Pallas, 1776) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensis (J. R. Forster, 1768) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed LarkMirafra albicauda Reichenow, 1891 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melodious LarkMirafra cheniana A. Smith, 1843 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica Horsfield, 1821 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Monotonous LarkMirafra passerina Gyldenstolpe, 1926 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Friedmann's LarkMirafra pulpa Friedmann, 1930 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Williams's LarkMirafra williamsi Macdonald, 1956 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia (Strickland, 1852) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burmese Bush LarkPlocealauda microptera (Hume, 1873) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris (Sundevall, 1850) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed LarkSpizocorys fremantlii (Lort Phillips, 1897) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.