Certhilauda | |
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Eastern long-billed lark (Certhilauda semitorquata), South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: |
Certhilauda Swainson, 1827 |
Species | |
6, See text |
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6, See text
Certhilauda is a genus of larks in the Alaudidae family living in the southern regions of Africa. The genus was formerly named Heterocorys.
The genus Certhilauda has six species considered to belong to the genus:
Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize several additional species or subspecies as species belonging to the genus Certhilauda including: