Lullula
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Lullula is a genus of larks. Among the bird species living today, only one species, namely the woodlark , belongs to the genus. Six other species are recorded as fossils. The genus name is onomatopoeic from the song of this species of lark.
features
Lullula is characterized by the fact that the tenth hand swing reaches the length of the hand covers. The hood is short and bluntly rounded. The tail is short in relation to the body size. The over-eye stripe is clearly formed. The two over-eye strips converge in the neck. The beak is thin, short and straight. The hand covers are drawn in black and white. The tail has no white outer edge, but small white spots at the end of the second to fourth control feathers.
Distribution area
The distribution of the only representative of the genus still occurring today extends from North Africa and the Middle East across Europe from southern England to southern Scandinavia. It is particularly common in the mild and arid areas of Central , Southern and Western Europe.
species
The following species are included in the genus:
- Woodlark ( Lullula arborea ), the only recent species in the genus
- † Lullula balcanica - late Pliocene , Bulgaria
- † Lullula slivnicensis - Late Pliocene, Bulgaria
- † Lullula minor - late Miocene, Hungary
- † Lullula parva - Pliocene, Hungary
- † Lullula minuscula - Pliocene, Hungary
- † Lullula neogradensis - Miocene, Hungary
literature
- Rudolf Pätzold: The larks of the world . Westarp Sciences, Magdeburg 1994, ISBN 3-89432-422-8 .
Single receipts
- ^ Donald Campbell: The Encyclopedia of British Birds . Paragon, Bath 1999, ISBN 9780752541594 . P. 164.
- ↑ Nicators, reedling & larks "IOC World Bird List .
- ↑ a b Boev, Z. 2012. Neogene Larks (Aves: Alaudidae (Vigors, 1825)) from Bulgaria - Acta zoologica bulgarica, 64 (3), 2012: 295-318.
- ↑ a b c Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. - Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
- ^ Jeno Kessler, Janos Hir: The avifauna in North Hungary during the Miocene Part II . In: Hungarian Geological Society . 142/2, 2012, pp. 149-168.