Spizocorys Fremantlii Bird
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Spizocorys Fremantlii Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Calendula fremantlii Bull.Br.Orn.Club 6 p.46
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Spizocorys
Taxonomy Code: shtlar1
Type Locality: Goolis Mts., British Somaliland; type from Gedais. Col. pi., Ibis, 1898, pi. 9, fig. 2.
Author: Lort Phillips
Publish Year: 1897
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPIZOCORYS
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Pink-billed Lark S. conirostris) Gr. σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; Mod. L. corys lark < Gr. κορυδος korudos crested lark < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos helmet; "Spizocorys n. g. (Al. conirostris Sundev. Vet. Ak. Ö. 1850) rostro brevi, crassius conico, culmine vix arcuato; naribus setis obtectis; colore alaudino, maculato. Nomen: ςπιζα, passer: κορυς, alauda. (Obs. κορις, coris = Cimex, quod probe observandum)" (Sundevall 1872).
Synon. Aethocorys, Botha, Dewetia, Pseudalaemon.
fremantlii
Maj. Guy Fremantle (b. 1867) British Army, collector in Somaliland 1897 (Spizocorys).
SUBSPECIES
Short-tailed Lark (fremantlii)
Latin Name: Spizocorys fremantlii fremantlii
fremantlii
Maj. Guy Fremantle (b. 1867) British Army, collector in Somaliland 1897 (Spizocorys).
Short-tailed Lark (megaensis)
Latin Name: Spizocorys fremantlii megaensis
megaensis
Mega, southern Ethiopia.
Short-tailed Lark (delamerei)
Latin Name: Spizocorys fremantlii delamerei
delamerei
Hugh Cholmondeley 3rd Baron Delamere (1870-1931) pioneer settler in East Africa Protectorate (= Kenya) 1903-1931 (subsp. Estrilda erythronotos, subsp. Euplectes progne, subsp. Spizocorys fremantlii).
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)
