Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks.

The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from alaomai, meaning "to wander").

[2] The genus was established by Alexander Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1840.

[3] The genus contains two species:[4] Other species, or subspecies, formerly considered as species in the genus Alaemon include:

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