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).
| Japanese skylark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alaudidae |
| Genus: | Alauda |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. a. japonica
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| Trinomial name | |
| Alauda arvensis japonica | |
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Alauda japonica | |
References edit
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- ^ BirdLife International (2012). Alauda japonica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3
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