Alaemon

Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae.

Alaemon
Greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Alaemon Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Species
Alaemon alaudipes Alaemon hamertoni
range of genus

Taxonomy and systematics

The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander").[1] The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840.[2]

Extant species

The genus contains two species:[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Alaemon alaudipes	Greater hoopoe-lark	Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India
	Alaemon hamertoni	Lesser hoopoe-lark	Somalia

Former species

Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include:

• Damara longbill (as Alaemon damarensis)[4]
• Gordonia longbill (as Alaemon bradshawi)[5]
• Benguela long-billed lark (as Alaemon benguelensis)[6]
• South-eastern Dupont's lark (as Alaemon Margaritae)[7]

References

1. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
2. "ITIS Report: Alaemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
4. "Certhilauda damarensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
5. "Certhilauda subcoronata bradshawi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
6. "Certhilauda benguelensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
7. "Chersophilus duponti margaritae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-18.