1) Bird genus 2) Genus alauda 
A. gulgula Alauda is a genus of larks with four species found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. These birds are 14–18 cm long and live in cultivation, heath, natural steppe and other open habitats. Their characteristic songs ar...
The Alauda were a Roman legion raised by Julius Caesar in Gaul, and so called because they carried a lark's tuft on the top of their helmets.
[n] - type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks
genus Alauda noun type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks