Certhilauda Benguelensis Bird

English Name:  Benguela Lark
Latin Name:  Certhilauda benguelensis
Protonym:  Alaemon benguelensis Ibis p.361
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Certhilauda
Taxonomy Code:  benlar1
Type Locality:  Benguella.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1904
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CERTHILAUDA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Cape Long-billed Lark C. curvirostris) Genus Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, treecreeper; genus Alauda Linnaeus, 1758, lark; "CERTHILAUDA.  ...   Bill moderate, slender, curved.  Nostrils roundish.  Wings . . . ?  Tail rather short, even. Feet moderate; nail of the hind toe short, straight.  Type. L'Alouette Sirli. Levaill., Ois. pl. 192.  My specimen of this bird is deficient in some of its quill feathers." (Swainson 1827); "Certhilauda Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 344. Type, by original designation, l'Alouette Sirli of Levaillant = Alauda curvirostris Vieillot." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 24).
Var. Certhialauda, Certhilanda, Cethilanda.
Synon. Corydalis, Heterocorys, Pseudocorys, Thinotretis, Toxocorys.

benguelae / benguelensis / benguellensis
Benguella (= Benguela), Angola.

SUBSPECIES

Benguela Lark (benguelensis)
Latin Name: Certhilauda benguelensis benguelensis
benguelae / benguelensis / benguellensis
Benguella (= Benguela), Angola.

Benguela Lark (kaokoensis)
Latin Name: Certhilauda benguelensis kaokoensis
kaokoensis
Kaokoveld, a desert and savannah region of north-western Namibia and south-western Angola