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Greater Short-toed Lark

Calandrella brachydactyla

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Aves ›Order: Passeriformes ›Family: Alaudidae ›Genus: Calandrella

About

The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird. The current scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, Calandrella, is a diminutive of kalandros, the calandra lark, and brachydactila is from brakhus, "short", and daktulos, "toe".