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Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula) by Nikhil Devasar

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:21 KJV)

CLASS – AVES, Order – PASSERIFORMES, Family – Alaudidae – Larks

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I.O.C. 3.1 Version
Genus (21), Species (98), Subspecies

Mirafra
Singing Bush Lark (Mirafra cantillans)
____ (Mirafra cantillans marginata)
____ (Mirafra cantillans chadensis)
____ (Mirafra cantillans simplex)
____ (Mirafra cantillans cantillans)
Horsfield’s Bush Lark (Mirafra javanica)
____ (Mirafra javanica williamsoni)
____ (Mirafra javanica beaulieui)
____ (Mirafra javanica philippinensis)
____ (Mirafra javanica mindanensis)
____ (Mirafra javanica javanica)
____ (Mirafra javanica parva)
____ (Mirafra javanica timorensis)
____ (Mirafra javanica aliena)
____ (Mirafra javanica woodwardi)
____ (Mirafra javanica halli)
____ (Mirafra javanica forresti)
____ (Mirafra javanica melvillensis)
____ (Mirafra javanica soderbergi)
____ (Mirafra javanica rufescens)
____ (Mirafra javanica athertonensis)
____ (Mirafra javanica horsfieldii)
____ (Mirafra javanica secunda)
Madagascar Lark (Mirafra hova)
Monotonous Lark (Mirafra passerina)
White-tailed Lark (Mirafra albicauda)
Melodious Lark (Mirafra cheniana)
Kordofan Lark (Mirafra cordofanica)
Williams’s Lark (Mirafra williamsi)
Friedmann’s Lark (Mirafra pulpa)
Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana)
____ (Mirafra africana henrici)
____ (Mirafra africana batesi)
____ (Mirafra africana stresemanni)
____ (Mirafra africana bamendae)
____ (Mirafra africana kurrae)
____ (Mirafra africana tropicalis)
____ (Mirafra africana sharpii)
____ (Mirafra africana ruwenzoria)
____ (Mirafra africana athi)
____ (Mirafra africana harterti)
____ (Mirafra africana malbranti)
____ (Mirafra africana chapini)
____ (Mirafra africana occidentalis)
____ (Mirafra africana kabalii)
____ (Mirafra africana gomesi)
____ (Mirafra africana grisescens)
____ (Mirafra africana pallida)
____ (Mirafra africana ghansiensis)
____ (Mirafra africana nigrescens)
____ (Mirafra africana isolata)
____ (Mirafra africana nyikae)
____ (Mirafra africana transvaalensis)
____ (Mirafra africana africana)
Red-winged Lark (Mirafra hypermetra)
____ (Mirafra hypermetra kathangorensis)
____ (Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis)
____ (Mirafra hypermetra gallarum)
____ (Mirafra hypermetra hypermetra)
Somali Lark (Mirafra somalica)
____ (Mirafra somalica somalica)
____ (Mirafra somalica rochei)
Ash’s Lark (Mirafra ashi)
Angola Lark (Mirafra angolensis)
____ (Mirafra angolensis marungensis)
____ (Mirafra angolensis angolensis)
____ (Mirafra angolensis antonii)
Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea buckleyi)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea serlei)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea tigrina)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea furensis)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea sobatensis)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea rufocinnamomea)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea omoensis)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea torrida)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea kawirondensis)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea fischeri)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea schoutedeni)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea lwenarum)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea smithersi)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea pintoi)
____ (Mirafra rufocinnamomea mababiensis)
Cape Clapper Lark (Mirafra apiata)
____ (Mirafra apiata apiata)
____ (Mirafra apiata marjoriae)
Eastern Clapper Lark (Mirafra fasciolata)
____ (Mirafra fasciolata reynoldsi)
____ (Mirafra fasciolata jappi)
____ (Mirafra fasciolata nata)
____ (Mirafra fasciolata damarensis)
____ (Mirafra fasciolata fasciolata)
Collared Lark (Mirafra collaris)
Bengal Bush Lark (Mirafra assamica)
Jerdon’s Bush Lark (Mirafra affinis)
Burmese Bush Lark (Mirafra microptera)
Indochinese Bush Lark (Mirafra erythrocephala)
Rusty Bush Lark (Mirafra rufa)
____ (Mirafra rufa nigriticola)
____ (Mirafra rufa rufa)
____ (Mirafra rufa lynesi)
Gillett’s Lark (Mirafra gilletti)
____ (Mirafra gilletti gilletti)
____ (Mirafra gilletti degodiensis)
____ (Mirafra gilletti arorihensis)
Indian Bush Lark (Mirafra erythroptera)
____ (Mirafra erythroptera sindiana)
____ (Mirafra erythroptera erythroptera)
Heteromirafra
Rudd’s Lark (Heteromirafra ruddi)
Archer’s Lark (Heteromirafra archeri)
Sidamo Lark (Heteromirafra sidamoensis)
Calendulauda
Fawn-colored Lark (Calendulauda africanoides)
____ (Calendulauda africanoides trapnelli)
____ (Calendulauda africanoides harei)
____ (Calendulauda africanoides makarikari)
____ (Calendulauda africanoides sarwensis)
____ (Calendulauda africanoides vincenti)
____ (Calendulauda africanoides austinrobertsi)
____ (Calendulauda africanoides africanoides)
Foxy Lark (Calendulauda alopex)
____ (Calendulauda alopex intercedens)
____ (Calendulauda alopex alopex)
Pink-breasted Lark (Calendulauda poecilosterna)
Sabota Lark (Calendulauda sabota)
____ (Calendulauda sabota plebeja)
____ (Calendulauda sabota ansorgei)
____ (Calendulauda sabota naevia)
____ (Calendulauda sabota waibeli)
____ (Calendulauda sabota herero)
____ (Calendulauda sabota sabota)
____ (Calendulauda sabota sabotoides)
____ (Calendulauda sabota suffusca)
____ (Calendulauda sabota bradfieldi)
Karoo Lark (Calendulauda albescens)
____ (Calendulauda albescens codea)
____ (Calendulauda albescens albescens)
____ (Calendulauda albescens guttata)
Dune Lark (Calendulauda erythrochlamys)
Barlow’s Lark (Calendulauda barlowi)
____ (Calendulauda barlowi barlowi)
____ (Calendulauda barlowi patae)
____ (Calendulauda barlowi cavei)
Red Lark (Calendulauda burra)
Certhilauda
Benguela Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda benguelensis)
____ (Certhilauda benguelensis benguelensis)
____ (Certhilauda benguelensis kaokoensis)
Karoo Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda subcoronata)
____ (Certhilauda subcoronata damarensis)
____ (Certhilauda subcoronata bradshawi)
____ (Certhilauda subcoronata subcoronata)
____ (Certhilauda subcoronata gilli)
Eastern Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda semitorquata)
____ (Certhilauda semitorquata transvaalensis)
____ (Certhilauda semitorquata semitorquata)
____ (Certhilauda semitorquata algida)
Cape Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda curvirostris)
____ (Certhilauda curvirostris falcirostris)
____ (Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris)
Agulhas Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda brevirostris)
Short-clawed Lark (Certhilauda chuana)
Pinarocorys
Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans)
____ (Pinarocorys nigricans nigricans)
____ (Pinarocorys nigricans occidentis)
Rufous-rumped Lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia)
Chersomanes
Spike-heeled Lark (Chersomanes albofasciata)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata obscurata)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata erikssoni)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata kalahariae)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata boweni)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata arenaria)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata barlowi)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata alticola)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata albofasciata)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata garrula)
____ (Chersomanes albofasciata macdonaldi)
Beesley’s Lark (Chersomanes beesleyi)
Alaemon
Greater Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
____ (Alaemon alaudipes boavistae)
____ (Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes)
____ (Alaemon alaudipes desertorum)
____ (Alaemon alaudipes doriae)
Lesser Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon hamertoni)
____ (Alaemon hamertoni alter)
____ (Alaemon hamertoni tertius)
____ (Alaemon hamertoni hamertoni)
Ramphocoris
Thick-billed Lark (Ramphocoris clotbey)
Melanocorypha
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
____ (Melanocorypha calandra calandra)
____ (Melanocorypha calandra psammochroa)
____ (Melanocorypha calandra gaza)
____ (Melanocorypha calandra hebraica)
Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
____ (Melanocorypha bimaculata bimaculata)
____ (Melanocorypha bimaculata rufescens)
____ (Melanocorypha bimaculata torquata)
Mongolian Lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
Tibetan Lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
____ (Melanocorypha maxima flavescens)
____ (Melanocorypha maxima maxima)
____ (Melanocorypha maxima holdereri)
White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
Ammomanes
Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cinctura)
____ (Ammomanes cinctura cinctura)
____ (Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor)
____ (Ammomanes cinctura zarudnyi)
Rufous-tailed Lark (Ammomanes phoenicura)
____ (Ammomanes phoenicura phoenicura)
____ (Ammomanes phoenicura testacea)
Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
____ (Ammomanes deserti payni)
____ (Ammomanes deserti algeriensis)
____ (Ammomanes deserti whitakeri)
____ (Ammomanes deserti mya)
____ (Ammomanes deserti geyri)
____ (Ammomanes deserti kollmannspergeri)
____ (Ammomanes deserti deserti)
____ (Ammomanes deserti erythrochroa)
____ (Ammomanes deserti isabellina)
____ (Ammomanes deserti samharensis)
____ (Ammomanes deserti taimuri)
____ (Ammomanes deserti assabensis)
____ (Ammomanes deserti akeleyi)
____ (Ammomanes deserti azizi)
____ (Ammomanes deserti saturata)
____ (Ammomanes deserti insularis)
____ (Ammomanes deserti annae)
____ (Ammomanes deserti coxi)
____ (Ammomanes deserti cheesmani)
____ (Ammomanes deserti darica)
____ (Ammomanes deserti parvirostris)
____ (Ammomanes deserti orientalis)
____ (Ammomanes deserti iranica)
____ (Ammomanes deserti phoenicuroides)
Ammomanopsis
Gray’s Lark (Ammomanopsis grayi)
____ (Ammomanopsis grayi hoeschi)
____ (Ammomanopsis grayi grayi)
Calandrella
Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla brachydactyla)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla hungarica)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla rubiginosa)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla hermonensis)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla woltersi)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla artemisiana)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla longipennis)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla orientalis)
____ (Calandrella brachydactyla dukhunensis)
Blanford’s Lark (Calandrella blanfordi)
____ (Calandrella blanfordi eremica)
____ (Calandrella blanfordi blanfordi)
____ (Calandrella blanfordi daaroodensis)
Erlanger’s Lark (Calandrella erlangeri)
Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea)
____ (Calandrella cinerea saturatior)
____ (Calandrella cinerea williamsi)
____ (Calandrella cinerea spleniata)
____ (Calandrella cinerea millardi)
____ (Calandrella cinerea cinerea)
____ (Calandrella cinerea anderssoni)
Hume’s Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
____ (Calandrella acutirostris acutirostris)
____ (Calandrella acutirostris tibetana)
Sand Lark (Calandrella raytal)
____ (Calandrella raytal adamsi)
____ (Calandrella raytal raytal)
____ (Calandrella raytal krishnarkumarsinhji)
Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
____ (Calandrella rufescens rufescens)
____ (Calandrella rufescens polatzeki)
____ (Calandrella rufescens apetzii)
____ (Calandrella rufescens minor)
____ (Calandrella rufescens nicolli)
____ (Calandrella rufescens pseudobaetica)
____ (Calandrella rufescens heinei)
Asian Short-toed Lark (Calandrella cheleensis)
____ (Calandrella cheleensis niethammeri)
____ (Calandrella cheleensis persica)
____ (Calandrella cheleensis leucophaea)
____ (Calandrella cheleensis seebohmi)
____ (Calandrella cheleensis tuvinica)
____ (Calandrella cheleensis cheleensis)
____ (Calandrella cheleensis kukunoorensis)
____ (Calandrella cheleensis beicki)
Somali Short-toed Lark (Calandrella somalica)
____ (Calandrella somalica perconfusa)
____ (Calandrella somalica somalica)
____ (Calandrella somalica megaensis)
Athi Short-toed Lark (Calandrella athensis)
Spizocorys
Pink-billed Lark (Spizocorys conirostris)
____ (Spizocorys conirostris damarensis)
____ (Spizocorys conirostris crypta)
____ (Spizocorys conirostris makawai)
____ (Spizocorys conirostris harti)
____ (Spizocorys conirostris barlowi)
____ (Spizocorys conirostris transiens)
____ (Spizocorys conirostris conirostris)
Botha’s Lark (Spizocorys fringillaris)
Sclater’s Lark (Spizocorys sclateri)
Obbia Lark (Spizocorys obbiensis)
Masked Lark (Spizocorys personata)
____ (Spizocorys personata personata)
____ (Spizocorys personata yavelloensis)
____ (Spizocorys personata mcchesneyi)
____ (Spizocorys personata intensa)
Stark’s Lark (Spizocorys starki)
Eremalauda
Dunn’s Lark (Eremalauda dunni)
____ (Eremalauda dunni dunni)
____ (Eremalauda dunni eremodites)
Chersophilus
Dupont’s Lark (Chersophilus duponti)
____ (Chersophilus duponti duponti)
____ (Chersophilus duponti margaritae)
Pseudalaemon
Short-tailed Lark (Pseudalaemon fremantlii)
____ (Pseudalaemon fremantlii fremantlii)
____ (Pseudalaemon fremantlii megaensis)
____ (Pseudalaemon fremantlii delamerei)
Galerida
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
____ (Galerida cristata pallida)
____ (Galerida cristata cristata)
____ (Galerida cristata neumanni)
____ (Galerida cristata apuliae)
____ (Galerida cristata meridionalis)
____ (Galerida cristata cypriaca)
____ (Galerida cristata tenuirostris)
____ (Galerida cristata caucasica)
____ (Galerida cristata kleinschmidti)
____ (Galerida cristata riggenbachi)
____ (Galerida cristata carthaginis)
____ (Galerida cristata arenicola)
____ (Galerida cristata festae)
____ (Galerida cristata brachyura)
____ (Galerida cristata helenae)
____ (Galerida cristata jordansi)
____ (Galerida cristata nigricans)
____ (Galerida cristata maculata)
____ (Galerida cristata halfae)
____ (Galerida cristata altirostris)
____ (Galerida cristata somaliensis)
____ (Galerida cristata balsaci)
____ (Galerida cristata senegallensis)
____ (Galerida cristata alexanderi)
____ (Galerida cristata isabellina)
____ (Galerida cristata cinnamomina)
____ (Galerida cristata zion)
____ (Galerida cristata subtaurica)
____ (Galerida cristata magna)
____ (Galerida cristata leautungensis)
____ (Galerida cristata coreensis)
____ (Galerida cristata iwanowi)
____ (Galerida cristata lynesi)
____ (Galerida cristata chendoola)
Maghreb Lark (Galerida macrorhyncha)
____ (Galerida macrorhyncha randonii)
____ (Galerida macrorhyncha macrorhyncha)
Thekla Lark (Galerida theklae)
____ (Galerida theklae theklae)
____ (Galerida theklae erlangeri)
____ (Galerida theklae ruficolor)
____ (Galerida theklae theresae)
____ (Galerida theklae superflua)
____ (Galerida theklae carolinae)
____ (Galerida theklae harrarensis)
____ (Galerida theklae huei)
____ (Galerida theklae praetermissa)
____ (Galerida theklae ellioti)
____ (Galerida theklae mallablensis)
____ (Galerida theklae huriensis)
Malabar Lark (Galerida malabarica)
Sykes’s Lark (Galerida deva)
Sun Lark (Galerida modesta)
____ (Galerida modesta modesta)
____ (Galerida modesta nigrita)
____ (Galerida modesta struempelli)
____ (Galerida modesta bucolica)
Large-billed Lark (Galerida magnirostris)
____ (Galerida magnirostris magnirostris)
____ (Galerida magnirostris sedentaria)
____ (Galerida magnirostris harei)
____ (Galerida magnirostris montivaga)
Lullula
Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
____ (Lullula arborea arborea)
____ (Lullula arborea pallida)
Alauda
Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
____ (Alauda arvensis arvensis)
____ (Alauda arvensis sierrae)
____ (Alauda arvensis harterti)
____ (Alauda arvensis cantarella)
____ (Alauda arvensis armenica)
____ (Alauda arvensis dulcivox)
____ (Alauda arvensis kiborti)
____ (Alauda arvensis intermedia)
____ (Alauda arvensis pekinensis)
____ (Alauda arvensis lonnbergi)
____ (Alauda arvensis japonica)
Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Alauda gulgula lhamarum)
____ (Alauda gulgula inopinata)
____ (Alauda gulgula vernayi)
____ (Alauda gulgula inconspicua)
____ (Alauda gulgula gulgula)
____ (Alauda gulgula dharmakumarsinhjii)
____ (Alauda gulgula australis)
____ (Alauda gulgula weigoldi)
____ (Alauda gulgula coelivox)
____ (Alauda gulgula sala)
____ (Alauda gulgula herberti)
____ (Alauda gulgula wattersi)
____ (Alauda gulgula wolfei)
Raso Lark (Alauda razae)
Eremopterix
Black-eared Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix australis)
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis)
____ (Eremopterix leucotis melanocephalus)
____ (Eremopterix leucotis leucotis)
____ (Eremopterix leucotis madaraszi)
____ (Eremopterix leucotis hoeschi)
____ (Eremopterix leucotis smithi)
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix signatus)
____ (Eremopterix signatus harrisoni)
____ (Eremopterix signatus signatus)
Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix verticalis)
____ (Eremopterix verticalis khama)
____ (Eremopterix verticalis harti)
____ (Eremopterix verticalis damarensis)
____ (Eremopterix verticalis verticalis)
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
____ (Eremopterix nigriceps nigriceps)
____ (Eremopterix nigriceps albifrons)
____ (Eremopterix nigriceps melanauchen)
____ (Eremopterix nigriceps forbeswatsoni)
____ (Eremopterix nigriceps affinis)
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix griseus)
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucopareia)
Eremophila
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Eremophila alpestris arcticola)
____ (Eremophila alpestris hoyti)
____ (Eremophila alpestris alpestris)
____ (Eremophila alpestris merrilli)
____ (Eremophila alpestris strigata)
____ (Eremophila alpestris alpina)
____ (Eremophila alpestris lamprochroma)
____ (Eremophila alpestris leucolaema)
____ (Eremophila alpestris enthymia)
____ (Eremophila alpestris praticola)
____ (Eremophila alpestris sierrae)
____ (Eremophila alpestris rubea)
____ (Eremophila alpestris utahensis)
____ (Eremophila alpestris insularis)
____ (Eremophila alpestris actia)
____ (Eremophila alpestris ammophila)
____ (Eremophila alpestris leucansiptila)
____ (Eremophila alpestris occidentalis)
____ (Eremophila alpestris adusta)
____ (Eremophila alpestris enertera)
____ (Eremophila alpestris giraudi)
____ (Eremophila alpestris aphrasta)
____ (Eremophila alpestris lactea)
____ (Eremophila alpestris diaphora)
____ (Eremophila alpestris chrysolaema)
____ (Eremophila alpestris oaxacae)
____ (Eremophila alpestris peregrina)
____ (Eremophila alpestris flava)
____ (Eremophila alpestris brandti)
____ (Eremophila alpestris atlas)
____ (Eremophila alpestris balcanica)
____ (Eremophila alpestris kumerloevei)
____ (Eremophila alpestris penicillata)
____ (Eremophila alpestris bicornis)
____ (Eremophila alpestris albigula)
____ (Eremophila alpestris argalea)
____ (Eremophila alpestris teleschowi)
____ (Eremophila alpestris przewalskii)
____ (Eremophila alpestris nigrifrons)
____ (Eremophila alpestris longirostris)
____ (Eremophila alpestris elwesi)
____ (Eremophila alpestris khamensis)
Temminck’s Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
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