Galerida
Galerida is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae. The current scientific name is derived from Latin. Galerida was the name for a lark with a crest, from galerum, "cap". The name Galerida is synonymous with the earlier genus names Calendula, Heliocorys and Ptilocorys.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus Galerida was established by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1828. The type species was subsequently designated as the crested lark.Extant species
The genus contains seven species:| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
| Galerida deva | Sykes's lark | central India | |
| Galerida modesta | Sun lark | Guinea to South Sudan | |
| Galerida magnirostris | Large-billed lark | southern Africa | |
| Galerida theklae | Thekla lark | Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia | |
| Galerida cristata | Crested lark | northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China | |
| Galerida malabarica | Malabar lark | western India. | |
| Galerida macrorhyncha | Maghreb lark | Maghreb desert of north-eastern Africa. |
Extinct species
There are at least two fossil species which are included in this genus:- †Galerida bulgarica
- †Galerida pannonica
Former species