Alaemon | |
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Greater hoopoe-lark | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: |
Alaemon Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 |
Species | |
range of genus |
Alaemon is a genus of birds in the Alaudidae family.
The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander"). The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840.
Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include: