IRMNG - Alauda Linnaeus, 1758

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Alauda Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1394954 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1394954)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alaudidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Alanda Braguier, 1840 · unaccepted

Aulada Forster, 1827 · unaccepted

Coryphalauda Mlíkovský, 2023 · unaccepted (Treated as subgenus)

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Species Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Alauda gulgula Franklin, 1831
Species Alauda japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1848
Species Alauda razae (Alexander, 1898)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 165 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Alauda Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1394954 on 2026-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 165 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

original description (of Alanda Braguier, 1840) H. n. Faune Franç.
page(s): 145 [details]

original description (of Coryphalauda Mlíkovský, 2023) Mlíkovský, J. (2023). Systematic catalogue of the birds of Siberia. Center for Historical Ornithology, Praha; 3167 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7831727
page(s): 1097 [details]

original description (of Aulada Forster, 1827) Pocket Ency. Nat. Phenom.
page(s): 412 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

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