Family Alaudidae Vigors 1825 (lark)

Aves - Passeriformes - Alaudidae

Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Coerebidae, Corvidae, Corvitalusoides, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Eopsaltriidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Formicaroidae, Fringillidae, Fringilloidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Scytalopidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Yunnanus, Zosteropidae

Subtaxa: Alauda Calandrella Eremophila Eremopterix Galerida Lullula Melanocorypha Mirafra Otocoris

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Ecology: volant insectivore-granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (2 collections), France (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (8), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (5), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: California, Colorado, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (1)

Total: 42 collections including 64 occurrences

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