# List of lark species

Larks form the family Alaudidae. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 100 species of larks distributed among 34 genera.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
| Greater hoopoe-lark | Alaemon alaudipes (Desfontaines, 1789) | 1 |
| Lesser hoopoe-lark | Alaemon hamertoni Witherby, 1905 | 2 |
| Beesley's lark | Chersomanes beesleyi Benson, 1966 | 3 |
| Spike-heeled lark | Chersomanes albofasciata (Lafresnaye, 1836) | 4 |
| Gray's lark | Ammomanopsis grayi (Wahlberg, 1855) | 5 |
| Short-clawed lark | Certhilauda chuana (Smith, A, 1836) | 6 |
| Benguela long-billed lark | Certhilauda benguelensis (Sharpe, 1904) | 7 |
| Karoo long-billed lark | Certhilauda subcoronata Smith, A, 1843 | 8 |
| Eastern long-billed lark | Certhilauda semitorquata Smith, A, 1836 | 9 |
| Cape long-billed lark | Certhilauda curvirostris (Hermann, 1783) | 10 |
| Dusky lark | Pinarocorys nigricans (Sundevall, 1850) | 11 |
| Rufous-rumped lark | Pinarocorys erythropygia (Strickland, 1852) | 12 |
| Thick-billed lark | Ramphocoris clotbey (Bonaparte, 1850) | 13 |
| Desert lark | Ammomanes deserti (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 14 |
| Bar-tailed lark | Ammomanes cinctura (Gould, 1839) | 15 |
| Rufous-tailed lark | Ammomanes phoenicura (Franklin, 1831) | 16 |
| Black-eared sparrow-lark | Eremopterix australis (Smith, A, 1836) | 17 |
| Madagascar lark | Eremopterix hova (Hartlaub, 1860) | 18 |
| Black-crowned sparrow-lark | Eremopterix nigriceps (Gould, 1839) | 19 |
| Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark | Eremopterix leucotis (Stanley, 1814) | 20 |
| Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark | Eremopterix griseus (Scopoli, 1786) | 21 |
| Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark | Eremopterix signatus (Oustalet, 1886) | 22 |
| Grey-backed sparrow-lark | Eremopterix verticalis (Smith, A, 1836) | 23 |
| Fischer's sparrow-lark | Eremopterix leucopareia (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | 24 |
| Rusty bush lark | Calendulauda rufa Lynes, 1920 | 25 |
| Sabota lark | Calendulauda sabota (Smith, A, 1836) | 26 |
| Pink-breasted lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna (Reichenow, 1879) | 27 |
| Gillett's lark | Calendulauda gilletti Sharpe, 1895 | 28 |
| Fawn-colored lark | Calendulauda africanoides (Smith, A, 1836) | 29 |
| Karoo lark | Calendulauda albescens (Lafresnaye, 1839) | 30 |
| Red lark | Calendulauda burra (Bangs, 1930) | 31 |
| Dune lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys (Strickland, 1853) | 32 |
| Archer's lark | Heteromirafra archeri Clarke, S, 1920 | 33 |
| Rudd's lark | Heteromirafra ruddi (Grant, CHB, 1908) | 34 |
| Monotonous lark | Mirafra passerina Gyldenstolpe, 1926 | 35 |
| Friedmann's lark | Mirafra pulpa Friedmann, 1930 | 36 |
| Kordofan lark | Mirafra cordofanica Strickland, 1852 | 37 |
| Williams's lark | Mirafra williamsi Macdonald, 1956 | 38 |
| Singing bush lark | Mirafra javanica Horsfield, 1821 | 39 |
| Melodious lark | Mirafra cheniana Smith, A, 1843 | 40 |
| White-tailed lark | Mirafra albicauda Reichenow, 1891 | 41 |
| Burmese bush lark | Plocealauda microptera Hume, 1873 | 42 |
| Indochinese bush lark | Plocealauda erythrocephala Salvadori & Giglioli, 1885 | 43 |
| Jerdon's bush lark | Plocealauda affinis Blyth, 1845 | 44 |
| Indian bush lark | Plocealauda erythroptera Blyth, 1845 | 45 |
| Bengal bush lark | Plocealauda assamica Horsfield, 1840 | 46 |
| Collared lark | Amirafra collaris Sharpe, 1896 | 47 |
| Angola lark | Amirafra angolensis Barboza du Bocage, 1880 | 48 |
| Flappet lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea (Salvadori, 1866) | 49 |
| Cape clapper lark | Corypha apiata (Vieillot, 1816) | 50 |
| Eastern clapper lark | Corypha fasciolata (Sundevall, 1850) | 51 |
| Kidepo lark | Corypha kidepoensis (Macdonald, 1940) | 52 |
| Red-winged lark | Corypha hypermetra (Reichenow, 1879) | 53 |
| Highland lark | Corypha kurrae Lynes, 1923 | 54 |
| Rufous-naped lark | Corypha africana Smith, A, 1836 | 55 |
| Sentinel lark | Corypha athi Hartert, EJO, 1900 | 56 |
| Plains lark | Corypha kabali White, CMN, 1943 | 57 |
| Plateau lark | Corypha nigrescens Reichenow, 1900 | 58 |
| Russet lark | Corypha sharpii Elliot, DG, 1897 | 59 |
| Somali lark | Corypha somalica (Witherby, 1903) | 60 |
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 61 |
| Obbia lark | Spizocorys obbiensis Witherby, 1905 | 62 |
| Sclater's lark | Spizocorys sclateri (Shelley, 1902) | 63 |
| Stark's lark | Spizocorys starki (Shelley, 1902) | 64 |
| Short-tailed lark | Spizocorys fremantlii (Lort Phillips, 1897) | 65 |
| Masked lark | Spizocorys personata Sharpe, 1895 | 66 |
| Botha's lark | Spizocorys fringillaris (Sundevall, 1850) | 67 |
| Pink-billed lark | Spizocorys conirostris (Sundevall, 1850) | 68 |
| White-winged lark | Alauda leucoptera Pallas, 1811 | 69 |
| Raso lark | Alauda razae (Alexander, 1898) | 70 |
| Oriental skylark | Alauda gulgula Franklin, 1831 | 71 |
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 | 72 |
| Sykes's lark | Galerida deva (Sykes, 1832) | 73 |
| Sun lark | Galerida modesta Heuglin, 1864 | 74 |
| Large-billed lark | Galerida magnirostris (Stephens, 1826) | 75 |
| Thekla's lark | Galerida theklae Brehm, AE, 1857 | 76 |
| Crested lark | Galerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 77 |
| Malabar lark | Galerida malabarica (Scopoli, 1786) | 78 |
| Maghreb lark | Galerida macrorhyncha Tristram, 1859 | 79 |
| Horned lark | Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 80 |
| Temminck's lark | Eremophila bilopha (Temminck, 1823) | 81 |
| Hume's short-toed lark | Calandrella acutirostris Hume, 1873 | 82 |
| Mongolian short-toed lark | Calandrella dukhunensis (Sykes, 1832) | 83 |
| Blanford's lark | Calandrella blanfordi (Shelley, 1902) | 84 |
| Rufous-capped lark | Calandrella eremica (Reichenow & Peters, N, 1932) | 85 |
| Red-capped lark | Calandrella cinerea (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 86 |
| Greater short-toed lark | Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisler, 1814) | 87 |
| Bimaculated lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata (Ménétriés, 1832) | 88 |
| Calandra lark | Melanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus, 1766) | 89 |
| Black lark | Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forster, JR, 1768) | 90 |
| Mongolian lark | Melanocorypha mongolica (Pallas, 1776) | 91 |
| Tibetan lark | Melanocorypha maxima Blyth, 1867 | 92 |
| Dupont's lark | Chersophilus duponti (Vieillot, 1824) | 93 |
| Dunn's lark | Eremalauda dunni (Shelley, 1904) | 94 |
| Arabian lark | Eremalauda eremodites (Meinertzhagen, R, 1923) | 95 |
| Asian short-toed lark | Alaudala cheleensis Swinhoe, 1871 | 96 |
| Somali short-toed lark | Alaudala somalica Sharpe, 1895 | 97 |
| Mediterranean short-toed lark | Alaudala rufescens (Vieillot, 1819) | 98 |
| Turkestan short-toed lark | Alaudala heinei (Homeyer, 1873) | 99 |
| Sand lark | Alaudala raytal (Blyth, 1845) | 100 |