Bimaculated Lark / Melanocorypha bimaculata
Bimaculated Lark
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alauda bimaculata Cat.Raison.Obj.Zool.Recueil.Voy.Caucase p.37
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Melanocorypha
Taxonomy Code: bimlar1
Type Locality: mountains near Talysh, Transcaucasia.
Author: Ménétries
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELANOCORYPHA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Black Lark M. yeltoniensis) Gr. μελαγκορυφος melankoruphos unidentified black-headed bird, mentioned by Aristotle (probably confused by Boie with Gr. κορυδος korudos crested lark < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos helmet, or κορυθος koruthos unidentified crested bird); "Gattung Melanocorypha.1 ... Hieher aus Europa: 1. Alauda calandra Lin. Africa: 2. crassirostris Vaill. 3. deserti Lichst. 4. melanocephala Lichst. 5. saxicoloides — Vaill. Afr. pl. 191. Asien: 5 [sic]. Alauda tatarica Pall. 7. mongolica Pall. Man kennt die Lebensweise der hier vereinigten Vögel noch zu wenig, um darüber entscheiden zu dürfen, ob solche mit der Horsfieldschen Alauda javanica, dem Typus der Gattung Mirafra des leßteren vereinigt bleiben können. ... 1 Mελανοκορυφος, Aristot." (Boie 1828); "Melanocorypha Boie, 1828, Isis von Oken, 21, col. 322. Type, by subsequent designation, M. tatarica (L.) Boie, Mus. Carls., fasc. j., pl. 19 — Alauda tatarica Pallas = Alauda yeltoniensis Forster (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1840, p. 48)." (Peters 1960, IX, 40).
Var. Melancorypha.
Synon. Calandra, Calandrina, Corydon, Corydus, Londra, Melanocoryphoides, Nigrilauda, Pallasia, Pterocorys, Saxilauda.
melancorypha / melancoryphus
L. melancoryphus unknown bird, variously identified < Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; κορυφη koruphē head.
bimaculata / bimaculatus
Mod. L. bimaculatus two-spotted, double-spotted < L. bi- double < bis twice; maculatus spotted < maculare to make spotted < macula spot.
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)