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Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa...
The current genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark".

1/ Oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula), also known as the small skylark,
eastern skylark, Indian skylark and lesser skylark.
The meaning of the specific epithet gulgula is uncertain but is perhaps a reference to the song as gula is Latin for "throat" or may be the color of the "gulgula" or a sweet.

Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

Mirafra is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Some Mirafra species are called "larks", while others are called "bush larks". They are found from Africa through South Asia to Australia.
The derivation of the genus name is unknown.

1/ Indochinese bush lark (Sơn ca Đông Dương, Mirafra erythrocephala) or Indochinese lark
The prefix erythr- or erythro- means red or reddish. It is derived from the Greek word eruthros meaning red.
cephalo- or cephal-N ew Latin, from Greek kephalo-, from kephalē, head

2/ Singing bush lark or Horsfield's bush lark (Sơn ca Java, Mirafra javanica)

3/ Bengal bush lark (Sơn ca Thái lan, Mirafra assamica) or Bengal lark, rufous-winged lark