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=== Extant genera=== The family Alaudidae contains 102 extant species which are divided into 24 [[genera]]:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=August 2024 | title=Nicators, Bearded Reedling, larks | work=IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/larks/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=9 September 2024 }}</ref> For more detail, see [[list of lark species]]. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Genus !! Living Species |- |[[File:Greater Hoopoe Lark - Kutch, crop.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Alaemon]]''''' {{small|Keyserling & Blasius, 1840}}|| *[[Greater hoopoe-lark]] (''Alaemon alaudipes'') *[[Lesser hoopoe-lark]] (''Alaemon hamertoni'') |- |[[File:Spike-heeled lark 2018 03 10 13 20 38 3271.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Chersomanes]]''''' {{small|Cabanis, 1851}}|| * [[Beesley's lark]] (''Chersomanes beesleyi'') * [[Spike-heeled lark]] (''Chersomanes albofasciata'') |- |[[File:Gray's lark -4770 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Ammomanopsis]]''''' {{small|Bianchi, 1905}}|| *Gray's lark (''Ammomanopsis grayi'') |- |[[File:Eastern Long-billed Lark (Certhilauda semitorquata) calling ... (30544868485), crop.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Certhilauda]]''''' {{small|Swainson, 1827}}|| * [[Short-clawed lark]] (''Certhilauda chuana'') * [[Karoo long-billed lark]] (''Certhilauda subcoronata'') * [[Benguela long-billed lark]] (''Certhilauda benguelensis'') * [[Eastern long-billed lark]] (''Certhilauda semitorquata'') * [[Cape long-billed lark]] (''Certhilauda curvirostris'') * [[Agulhas long-billed lark]] (''Certhilauda brevirostris'') |- |[[File:Pinarocorys nigricans 189372404, crop.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Pinarocorys]]''''' {{small|Shelley, 1902}}|| * [[Dusky lark]] (''Pinarocorys nigricans'') * [[Rufous-rumped lark]] (''Pinarocorys erythropygia'') |- |[[File:Alouette de Clot Bey Ramphocoris clotbey (cropped).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Ramphocoris]]''''' {{small|Bonaparte, 1850}}|| *Thick-billed lark (''Ramphocoris clotbey'') |- |[[File:Rufous-tailed Lark (Ammomanes phoenicurus) in Kawal WS, AP W IMG 2004.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Ammomanes]]''''' {{small|Cabanis, 1851}}|| * [[Desert lark]] (''Ammomanes deserti'') * [[Bar-tailed lark]] (''Ammomanes cinctura'') * [[Rufous-tailed lark]] (''Ammomanes phoenicura'') |- |[[File:Fisher's Sparrow-Lark - Tanzania 2008-03-01 0063 (16759772588).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Eremopterix]]''''' {{small|Kaup, 1836}}|| * [[Black-eared sparrow-lark]] (''Eremopterix australis'') * [[Madagascar lark]] (''Eremopterix hova'') * [[Black-crowned sparrow-lark]] (''Eremopterix nigriceps'') * [[Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark]] (''Eremopterix leucotis'') * [[Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark]] (''Eremopterix griseus'') * [[Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark]] (''Eremopterix signatus'') * [[Grey-backed sparrow-lark]] (''Eremopterix verticalis'') * [[Fischer's sparrow-lark]] (''Eremopterix leucopareia'') |- |[[File:Pink-breasted Lark - KenyaIMG 6762 (16740113947).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Calendulauda]]''''' {{small|Blyth, 1855}}|| * [[Sabota lark]] (''Calendulauda sabota'') * [[Pink-breasted lark]] (''Calendulauda poecilosterna'') * [[Foxy lark]] (''Calendulauda alopex'') * [[Fawn-coloured lark]] (''Calendulauda africanoides'') * [[Karoo lark]] (''Calendulauda albescens'') * [[Red lark]] (''Calendulauda burra'') * [[Dune lark]] (''Calendulauda erythrochlamys'') * [[Barlow's lark]] (''Calendulauda barlowi'') |- |[[File:Heteromirafra ruddi, Wakkerstroom, Birding Weto, a.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Heteromirafra]]''''' {{small|Grant, 1913}}|| * [[Rudd's lark]] (''Heteromirafra ruddi'') <small>([[Claude Henry Baxter Grant|Grant]], 1908)</small> * [[Archer's lark]] (''Heteromirafra archeri'') <small>[[Stephenson Robert Clarke|Clarke]], 1920</small> |- |[[File:Red-winged Lark, crop.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Mirafra]]''''' {{small|Horsfield, 1821}}|| * [[Eastern clapper lark]] (''Mirafra fasciolata'') * [[Cape clapper lark]] (''Mirafra apiata'') * [[Red-winged lark]] (''Mirafra hypermetra'') * [[Rufous-naped lark]] (''Mirafra africana'') * [[Sharpe's lark]] (''Mirafra sharpii'') * [[Flappet lark]] (''Mirafra rufocinnamomea'') * [[Angola lark]] (''Mirafra angolensis'') * [[Williams's lark]] (''Mirafra williamsi'') * [[Monotonous lark]] (''Mirafra passerina'') * [[Melodious lark]] (''Mirafra cheniana'') * [[Singing bush lark]] (''Mirafra javanica'') * [[Burmese bush lark]] (''Mirafra microptera'') * [[Bengal bush lark]] (''Mirafra assamica'') * [[Indochinese bush lark]] (''Mirafra erythrocephala'') * [[Indian bush lark]] (''Mirafra erythroptera'') * [[Jerdon's bush lark]] (''Mirafra affinis'') * [[Gillett's lark]] (''Mirafra gilletti'') * [[Rusty bush lark]] (''Mirafra rufa'') * [[Collared lark]] (''Mirafra collaris'') * [[Ash's lark]] (''Mirafra ashi'') * [[Somali lark]] (''Mirafra somalica'') * [[Friedmann's lark]] (''Mirafra pulpa'') * [[Kordofan lark]] (''Mirafra cordofanica'') * [[White-tailed lark]] (''Mirafra albicauda'') |- |[[File:Lullula arborea (Ján Svetlík).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Lullula]]''''' {{small|Kaup, 1829}}|| *[[Woodlark]] (''Lullula arborea'') |- |[[File:Pseudalaemon fremantlii -East Africa-8.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Spizocorys]]''''' {{small|Sundevall, 1872}}|| * [[Obbia lark]] (''Spizocorys obbiensis'') * [[Sclater's lark]] (''Spizocorys sclateri'') * [[Stark's lark]] (''Spizocorys starki'') * [[Short-tailed lark]] (''Spizocorys fremantlii'') * [[Masked lark]] (''Spizocorys personata'') * [[Botha's lark]] (''Spizocorys fringillaris'') * [[Pink-billed lark]] (''Spizocorys conirostris'') |- |[[File:Alauda arvensis 2.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Alauda]]''''' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}}|| * [[White-winged lark]] (''Alauda leucoptera'') * [[Raso lark]] (''Alauda razae'') * [[Oriental skylark]] (''Alauda gulgula'') * [[Eurasian skylark]] (''Alauda arvensis'') |- |[[File:Syke's Lark Galerida deva by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN5681 (2).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Galerida]]''''' {{small|Boie, F, 1828}}|| * [[Sykes's lark]] (''Galerida deva'') * [[Sun lark]] (''Galerida modesta'') * [[Large-billed lark]] (''Galerida magnirostris'') * [[Thekla lark]] (''Galerida theklae'') * [[Crested lark]] (''Galerida cristata'') * [[Malabar lark]] (''Galerida malabarica'') * [[Maghreb lark]] (''Galerida macrorhyncha'') |- |[[File:Shore Lark.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Eremophila (bird)|Eremophila]]''''' {{small|F. Boie, 1828}}|| * [[Horned lark]] (''Eremophila alpestris'') * [[Temminck's lark]] (''Eremophila bilopha'') |- |[[File:Red-capped lark, Calandrella cinerea, at Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa (23514690044).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Calandrella]]''''' {{small|Kaup, 1829}}|| * [[Hume's short-toed lark]] (''Calandrella acutirostris'') * [[Mongolian short-toed lark]] (''Calandrella dukhunensis'') * [[Blanford's lark]] (''Calandrella blanfordi'') * [[Rufous-capped lark]] (''Calandrella eremica'') * [[Red-capped lark]] (''Calandrella cinerea'') * [[Greater short-toed lark]] (''Calandrella brachydactyla'') |- |[[File:Melanocorypha calandra.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Melanocorypha]]''''' {{small|F. Boie, 1828}}|| * [[Bimaculated lark]] (''Melanocorypha bimaculata'') * [[Calandra lark]] (''Melanocorypha calandra'') * [[Black lark]] (''Melanocorypha yeltoniensis'') * [[Mongolian lark]] (''Melanocorypha mongolica'') * [[Tibetan lark]] (''Melanocorypha maxima'') |- |[[File:Dupont's Lark, Morocco 1 (crop) (cropped).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Chersophilus]]''''' {{small|Sharpe, 1890}}|| *Dupont's lark (''Chersophilus duponti'') |- |[[File:Dunn's Lark.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Eremalauda]]''''' {{small|WL Sclater, 1926}}|| *[[Dunn's lark]] (''Eremalauda dunni'') *[[Arabian lark]] (''Eremalauda eremodites'') |- |[[File:Terrera marismeña (Calandrella rufescens) (8649673388) (2) (cropped).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Alaudala]]''''' {{small|Horsfield & Moore, 1858}}|| * [[Athi short-toed lark]] (''Alaudala athensis'') * [[Asian short-toed lark]] (''Alaudala cheleensis'') * [[Somali short-toed lark]] (''Alaudala somalica'') * [[Turkestan short-toed lark]] (''Alaudala heinei'') * [[Mediterranean short-toed lark]] (''Alaudala rufescens'') * [[Sand lark]] (''Alaudala raytal'') |- |}
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