| Japanese skylark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Alauda |
| Species: | A. arvensis |
| Subspecies: | A. a. japonica |
| Trinomial name | |
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Alauda arvensis japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1848 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Alauda japonica |
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Alauda japonica
The Japanese skylark (Alauda arvensis japonica) is a subspecies of Eurasian skylark. Formerly, combined with five other subspecies of the Eurasian skylark, it was considered to be its own separate species (as Alauda japonica).