Dune Lark

SCI Name:  Calendulauda erythrochlamys
Protonym:  Alauda erythrochlamys Contrib.Orn.[Jardine](1852) -1852 p.151
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Calendulauda
Taxonomy Code:  dunlar3
Type Locality:  Daraaraland, coastal belt near Walvis Bay.
Author:  Strickland
Publish Year:  1853
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CALENDULAUDA
(Alaudidae; † Karoo Lark C. albescens) Portmanteau of genera Calendula Swainson, 1837, lark, and Alauda, Linnaeus, 1758, lark; "Mr. G. R. Gray assigns to MEGALOPHONUS certain true Larks (possessing the nareal tuft) of S. Africa, which Dr. A. Smith classed as ALAUDÆ; but these constitute a peculiar form, CALENDULAUDA, nobis; ex. ALAUDA ALBESCENS, Lafr. (v. A. codea, A. Smith),— A. LAGEPA, A. Smith, &c." (Blyth 1855); "Calendulauda Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, xxiv, p. 258, 1855.  Type by original designation, Alauda albescens Lafr. = Certhilauda nivosa Swains." (W. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., II, p. 316); "CALENDULAUDA Blyth, 1855  F — Alauda albescens Lafresnaye, 1839; type by monotypy." (Dickinson & Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 437). The Karoo Lark and its allies are a challenging group that have been linked to various other taxa in the past.
Synon. Pseudammomanes, Sabota.

erythrochlamys
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; χλαμυς khlamus, χλαμυδος khlamudos  cloak.