Alaemon

Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.

Alaemon
Greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Alaemon Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Type species
Alauda desertorum[1] Stanley, 1814
Species
Alaemon alaudipes Alaemon hamertoni
range of genus

Taxonomy and systematics

The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander").^[2] The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840.^[3]

Extant species

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Alaemon alaudipes	Greater hoopoe-lark	Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India
	Alaemon hamertoni	Lesser hoopoe-lark	Somalia

Former species

Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include:

• Damara longbill (as Alaemon damarensis)^[5]
• Gordonia longbill (as Alaemon bradshawi)^[6]
• Benguela long-billed lark (as Alaemon benguelensis)^[7]
• South-eastern Dupont's lark (as Alaemon Margaritae)^[8]