Chersomanes Beesleyi Bird
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Chersomanes Beesleyi Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Chersomanes albofasciata beesleyi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 86 (4) p. 77
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Chersomanes
Taxonomy Code: beelar1
Type Locality:
Author: Benson
Publish Year: 1966
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CHERSOMANES
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Spike-heeled Lark C. albofasciata garrula) Gr. χερσος khersos barren land; -μανης -manēs passionately fond of < μανια mania passion < μαινομαι mainomai to rage; "Gen. CHERSOMANES nov. gen. *) Stelzenlerche. Corydalis Temm. Boie 1826. — Certhilauda (!) Sws. 1827. 671.1. Ch. garrula Nob. — Certhilauda garrula Smith. Proc. S. Afr. Jnst. 1833. — id. Jll. S. Afr. Zool. tab. 106. — Certhilauda albofasciata Lafr. Mag. Zool. 1836. Ois. tab. 58. ... *) Von χερσος, ἡ wüstes Land. — Die Gattung Alaemon unterscheidet sich durch längere spitzere Flüger und längern Schwanz, sowie durch kürzere gekrümmte Hinterzehe. Zu Chersomanes gehören ferner: 1. Ch. africana. — Alauda africana Gm. — 2. Ch. subcoronata. — Certhilauda subcoronata Smith." (Cabanis 1853); "CHERSOMANES Cabanis, 1851 F — Certhilauda garrula A. Smith, 1846; type by subsequent designation (Bianchi, 1907, Bull. l'Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersb., ser. 5, 25 (1906), p. 15)." (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 435).
beesleyi
John S. S. Beesley (b. 1925) British ornithologist, bird pest research officer in Tanzania and Botswana 1956-1984 (subsp. Chersomanes albofasciata).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
