Pinarocorys Nigricans Bird
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Pinarocorys Nigricans Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Alauda nigricans Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 7 p.99
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Pinarocorys
Taxonomy Code: duslar1
Type Locality: 'Caffraria superiore'' ; type from Ape River, Transvaal.
Author: Sundevall
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PINAROCORYS
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Dusky Lark P. nigricans) Gr. πιναρος pinaros dirty, shabby; Mod. L. corys lark < Gr. κορυδος korudos crested lark < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos helmet; "I have restricted the genus Mirafra to birds in which the sexes are similar in plumage and the upper parts always mottled. I therefore propose the new generic name Pinarocorys for the reception of Alauda nigricans, Sundev., and Alauda erythropygia, Strickl., in which the coloured pattern of the wings is very dissimilar in the males and females, and the crown and back uniform [brown] in old birds" (Shelley 1902); "Pinarocorys Shelley, 1902, Birds Africa, 3, p. 15 (in text), p. 71. Type, by subsequent designation, Alauda nigricans Sundevall (Bianchi, 1907 (1906)), Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg (5), 25, p. 12)." (Peters 1960, IX, 3).
nigricans
L. nigricans, nigricantis blackish, swarthy < nigrare to be black < niger black.
● ex “Suirirí chorrendo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 182 (syn. Hymenops perspicillata).
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (Pardirallus).
● ex “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1 (Pycnonotus).
● ex “Tachurí obscurito menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 167 (Ridgwayornis).
SUBSPECIES
Dusky Lark (occidentis)
Latin Name: Pinarocorys nigricans occidentis
occidentis
L. occidens, occidentis west, setting sun < occidere to set.
Dusky Lark (nigricans)
Latin Name: Pinarocorys nigricans nigricans
nigricans
L. nigricans, nigricantis blackish, swarthy < nigrare to be black < niger black.
● ex “Suirirí chorrendo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 182 (syn. Hymenops perspicillata).
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (Pardirallus).
● ex “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1 (Pycnonotus).
● ex “Tachurí obscurito menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 167 (Ridgwayornis).
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)
