Alaemon
Sign in to saveAlaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAlaudidae
Observations recorded19,202
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Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.
==Taxonomy and systematics== The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander"). The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840.
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