Erlanger's lark

Erlanger's lark
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Calandrella
Species:
C. blanfordi
Subspecies:
C. b. erlangeri
Trinomial name
Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri
(Neumann, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri
  • Calandrella blanfordi fuertesi
  • Calandrella cinerea erlangeri
  • Calandrella cinerea ruficeps
  • Calandrella erlangeri
  • Tephrocorys cinerea erlangeri

Erlanger's lark (Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri) is a small passerine bird of the lark family endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia. The name of this bird commemorates the German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger.

It is considered to be a subspecies of Blanford's lark.[1] Alternate names include Erlanger's red-capped lark, Erlanger's short-toed lark and Ethiopian short-toed lark.

References

  1. ^ "Calandrella erlangeri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-12.


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