Calamospiza Melanocorys Bird

English Name:  Lark Bunting
Latin Name:  Calamospiza melanocorys
Protonym:  Calamospiza melanocorys Auk 2 p.49
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Calamospiza
Taxonomy Code:  larbun
Type Locality:  
Author:  Stejneger
Publish Year:  1885
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CALAMOSPIZA
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Lark Bunting C. melanocorys) Gr. καλαμος kalamos  grass; σπιζα spiza  finch  < σπιζω spizō  to chirp; "2. F. bicolor.  Prairie Finch.   ...   Inhabits the plains of the Platte river, and presents many of the habits, as well as the song of the Bob-o-link." (Townsend 1837); "Genus 136. CALAMOSPIZA, Nob.   193. CALAMOSPIZA BICOLOR, Nob. (Fringilla bicolor, Towns.) Aud. pl. 390, fig. 2, 3.  Western parts." (Bonaparte 1838); "Calamospiza Bonaparte, 1838, Geog. Comp. List Birds Europe North Amer., p. 30. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla bicolor Townsend = Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 40).
Synon. Corydalina.

melanocorys
L. melas, melanos  black  < Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; Mod. L. corys  lark  < Gr. κορυδος korudos  crested lark  < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos  helmet.