Ammomanopsis Grayi Bird
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Ammomanopsis Grayi Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Alauda grayi Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 12 p.213 ydP
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Ammomanopsis
Taxonomy Code: gralar2
Type Locality: between the Kuiseb River and the Swakop River, Damaraland.
Author: Wahlberg
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AMMOMANOPSIS
(Alaudidae; † Gray's Lark A. grayi) Genus Ammomanes Cabanis, 1851, lark; Gr. οψις opsis appearance; "II. Subgen. Ammomanopsis, nov. (typus Alauda grayi Wahlb.)" (Bianchi 1905); "die dritte südafrikanische Form, Amm. grayi (Wahlb.) 1855, in eine gesonderte Gruppe - Ammomanopsis zu stellen. Der augenblicklich einzige Vertreter dieser Gruppe zeichnet sich durch graulich-weisse Unterflügeldeckfedern aus" (Bianchi 1905 (transl. Benno Otto)); "Ammomanopsis Bianchi, 1905, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, sér. 5, XXI (4), pp. 232, 241. Type, by original designation, Alauda grayi Wahlberg, 1855." (JAJ 2020).
grayi / grayii
● John Edward Gray (1800-1875) English ornithologist (Amazilia, Ammomanopsis, Ardeola, Zosterops).
● George Robert Gray (1808-1872) English ornithologist, first Assistant Keeper at BMNH 1869 (subsp. Anthus correndera, syn. Anthus novaeseelandiae, subsp. Argusianus argus, syn. Chaetops pycnopygius, syn. Chalcopsitta cardinalis, Chenorhamphus, syn. Cisticola exilis rusticus, subsp. Crax fasciolata, Edolisoma, subsp. Leptocoma aspasia, Pipile, syn. Rallina tricolor, syn. Todiramphus chloris juliae, syn. Todiramphus chloris sordidus, Turdus).
● John Edward Gray (1800-1875) and his brother George Robert Gray (1808-1872) English ornithologists (syn. Campephilus pollens).
SUBSPECIES
Gray's Lark (hoeschi)
Latin Name: Ammomanopsis grayi hoeschi
hoeschi / hoeschianus
Walter Hoesch (1896-1961) German farmer, naturalist, collector, resident in Namibia 1930-1961 (subsp. Ammomanopsis grayi, Anthus, syn. Calendulauda sabota waibeli, syn. Cercomela familiaris angolensis, subsp. Emarginata tractrac, subsp. Eremopterix leucotis, syn. Peliperdix coqui).
Gray's Lark (grayi)
Latin Name: Ammomanopsis grayi grayi
grayi / grayii
● John Edward Gray (1800-1875) English ornithologist (Amazilia, Ammomanopsis, Ardeola, Zosterops).
● George Robert Gray (1808-1872) English ornithologist, first Assistant Keeper at BMNH 1869 (subsp. Anthus correndera, syn. Anthus novaeseelandiae, subsp. Argusianus argus, syn. Chaetops pycnopygius, syn. Chalcopsitta cardinalis, Chenorhamphus, syn. Cisticola exilis rusticus, subsp. Crax fasciolata, Edolisoma, subsp. Leptocoma aspasia, Pipile, syn. Rallina tricolor, syn. Todiramphus chloris juliae, syn. Todiramphus chloris sordidus, Turdus).
● John Edward Gray (1800-1875) and his brother George Robert Gray (1808-1872) English ornithologists (syn. Campephilus pollens).
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)
