Cape Lark

SCI Name:  Certhilauda curvirostris
Protonym:  Alauda curvirostris TabulaAffin.Anim. p.216
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Certhilauda
Taxonomy Code:  caplar1
Type Locality:  Cape of Good Hope, ex Buff on, 5, p. 65.
Author:  Hermann
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CERTHILAUDA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Cape Long-billed Lark C. curvirostris) Genus Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, treecreeper; genus Alauda Linnaeus, 1758, lark; "CERTHILAUDA.  ...   Bill moderate, slender, curved.  Nostrils roundish.  Wings . . . ?  Tail rather short, even. Feet moderate; nail of the hind toe short, straight.  Type. L'Alouette Sirli. Levaill., Ois. pl. 192.  My specimen of this bird is deficient in some of its quill feathers." (Swainson 1827); "Certhilauda Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 344. Type, by original designation, l'Alouette Sirli of Levaillant = Alauda curvirostris Vieillot." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 24).
Var. Certhialauda, Certhilanda, Cethilanda.
Synon. Corydalis, Heterocorys, Pseudocorys, Thinotretis, Toxocorys.

curvirostra / curvirostre / curvirostris
L. curvus  curved, bent; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Sirli du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Certhilauda).
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  Curvirostra.  1. L. rostro forficato. Fn. svec. 177.  Loxia. Gesn. av. 592. Aldr. orn. l. 12. c. 47. Charl. onom. 68. t. 68. Will. orn. 181. t. 44. Raj. av. 86. Alb. orn. I. p. 58. t. 61. Frisch. av. 2. t. 11. f. 3. 4.  Habitat in Europæ Abietis, strobilos enucleans, at non in ipsa arbore, disseminator Abietis rostro singulari." (Linnaeus 1758) (Loxia).
● ex “Malkoha Rouverdin” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 225 (Phaenicophaeus).
● ex "Hook-billed Pigeon" of Latham 1783 (Treron).
● ex “Loggerhead” of Sloane 1725, and “Grande Sitelle à bec crochu” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (?syn. Tyrannus caudifasciatus).
● ex “Collurio madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Vanga).

SUBSPECIES

Cape Lark (falcirostris)
SCI Name: Certhilauda curvirostris falcirostris
falcirostre / falcirostris
L. falx, falcis  sickle; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.

Cape Lark (curvirostris)
SCI Name: Certhilauda curvirostris curvirostris
curvirostra / curvirostre / curvirostris
L. curvus  curved, bent; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Sirli du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Certhilauda).
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  Curvirostra.  1. L. rostro forficato. Fn. svec. 177.  Loxia. Gesn. av. 592. Aldr. orn. l. 12. c. 47. Charl. onom. 68. t. 68. Will. orn. 181. t. 44. Raj. av. 86. Alb. orn. I. p. 58. t. 61. Frisch. av. 2. t. 11. f. 3. 4.  Habitat in Europæ Abietis, strobilos enucleans, at non in ipsa arbore, disseminator Abietis rostro singulari." (Linnaeus 1758) (Loxia).
● ex “Malkoha Rouverdin” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 225 (Phaenicophaeus).
● ex "Hook-billed Pigeon" of Latham 1783 (Treron).
● ex “Loggerhead” of Sloane 1725, and “Grande Sitelle à bec crochu” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (?syn. Tyrannus caudifasciatus).
● ex “Collurio madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Vanga).