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Eremophila  F. Boie, 1828
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178400

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Chionophilos Petényi, 1832
  
    Niphophilos Petényi, 1832
  
    Otocoris Bonaparte, 1838
  
    Otocorydopsis Bianchi, 1907
  
    Philammus G. R. Gray, 1840
  
    Eremophilus F. Boie, 1828
  
    Otocorys Sundevall, 1872
  
  Common Name(s): Horned Larks [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyAlaudidae Vigors, 1825 – Larks  
                               GenusEremophila F. Boie, 1828 – Horned Larks  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) – Alouette hausse-col, calhandra-cornuda-comum, calhandra-cornuda, Alondra cornuda, Horned Lark 
                                  Species Eremophila bilopha (Temminck, 1823) – Alouette bilophe, calhandra-cornuda-do-deserto, calhandra-de-temminck, Alondra sahariana, Temminck's Lark 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Eremophila    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Eremophila    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Eremophila   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eremophila   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eremophila   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Bird genus Eremophila F. Boie, 1828 (TSN 178400) is apparently a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) flowering plant genus Eremophila R. Br. (TSN 834082)  
 

 

    

 
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