Black Lark / Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
Black Lark
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alauda yeltoniensis Philos.Trans. 57 p.350 [ 1768 by CWR ] ?yr
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Melanocorypha
Taxonomy Code: blalar1
Type Locality: Lake Yelton [now Elton], southeastern Russia.
Author: Forster, JR
Publish Year: 1768
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.
yeltoniensis
Lake Yelton, Astrakhan / Ozero El’ton, Volgograd, Russia.
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)