Erlanger's lark | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Calandrella |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. b. erlangeri
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Trinomial name | |
Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri (Neumann, 1906)
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Synonyms | |
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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.
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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
[edit]- ^ "Calandrella erlangeri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-12.