Calandrella

The genus Calandrella was established by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829 with the greater short-toed lark as the type species.^[1] The genus name is a diminutive of Ancient Greek kalandros, the calandra lark.^[2] Four of the species in the genus use the shortened name of short-toed lark as an alternate name.

Six species are recognized in the genus:^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Calandrella acutirostris	Hume's short-toed lark	from Iran and Kazakhstan to China.
	Calandrella dukhunensis	Mongolian short-toed lark	China and Mongolia
	Calandrella blanfordi	Blanford's lark	northeast Africa and Arabia
	Calandrella eremica	Rufous-capped lark	southwestern Arabia and Somaliland.
	Calandrella cinerea	Red-capped lark	Ethiopia and Somaliland
	Calandrella brachydactyla	Greater short-toed lark	southern edge of the Sahara and India

At least one fossil species is included in this genus:

• †Calandrella gali (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)^[4]

Some authorities have classified the following species as belonging to the genus Calandrella:

• Buckley's lark (as Calandrella buckleyi)^[5]
• Obbia lark (as Calandrella obbiensis)^[6]
• Sclater's lark (as Calandrella sclateri)^[7]
• Stark's lark (as Calandrella starki)^[8]
• Masked lark (as Calandrella personata)^[9]
• Botha's lark (as Calandrella fringillaris)^[10]
• Pink-billed Lark (as Calandrella conirostris)^[11]
• Raso lark (as Calandrella razae)^[12]
• Athi short-toed lark (as Calandrella athensis)^[13]
• Asian short-toed lark (as Calandrella cheleensis)^[14]
• Kazakhstan lesser short-toed lark (as Calandrella leucophaea)^[15]
• Somali short-toed lark (as Calandrella somalica)^[16]
• Sand lark (as Calandrella raytal)^[17]