Gray's Lark

SCI Name:  Ammomanopsis grayi
Protonym:  Alauda grayi Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 12 p.213 ydP
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Ammomanopsis
Taxonomy Code:  gralar2
Type Locality:  between the Kuiseb River and the Swakop River, Damaraland.
Author:  Wahlberg
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AMMOMANOPSIS
(Alaudidae; † Gray's Lark A. grayi) Genus Ammomanes Cabanis, 1851, lark; Gr. οψις opsis  appearance; "II. Subgen. Ammomanopsis, nov.  (typus Alauda grayi Wahlb.)" (Bianchi 1905); "die dritte südafrikanische Form, Amm. grayi (Wahlb.) 1855, in eine gesonderte Gruppe - Ammomanopsis zu stellen.  Der augenblicklich einzige Vertreter dieser Gruppe zeichnet sich durch graulich-weisse Unterflügeldeckfedern aus" (Bianchi 1905 (transl. Benno Otto)); "Ammomanopsis Bianchi, 1905, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, sér. 5, XXI (4), pp. 232, 241.  Type, by original designation, Alauda grayi Wahlberg, 1855." (JAJ 2020).

grayi / grayii
● John Edward Gray (1800-1875) English ornithologist (Amazilia, Ammomanopsis, Ardeola, Zosterops).
● George Robert Gray (1808-1872) English ornithologist, first Assistant Keeper at BMNH 1869 (subsp. Anthus correndera, syn. Anthus novaeseelandiae, subsp. Argusianus argus, syn. Chaetops pycnopygius, syn. Chalcopsitta cardinalis, Chenorhamphus, syn. Cisticola exilis rusticus, subsp. Crax fasciolata, Edolisoma, subsp. Leptocoma aspasia, Pipile, syn. Rallina tricolor, syn. Todiramphus chloris juliae, syn. Todiramphus chloris sordidus, Turdus).
● John Edward Gray (1800-1875) and his brother George Robert Gray (1808-1872) English ornithologists (syn. Campephilus pollens).

SUBSPECIES

Gray's Lark (hoeschi)
SCI Name: Ammomanopsis grayi hoeschi
hoeschi / hoeschianus
Walter Hoesch (1896-1961) German farmer, naturalist, collector, resident in Namibia 1930-1961 (subsp. Ammomanopsis grayi, Anthus, syn. Calendulauda sabota waibeli, syn. Cercomela familiaris angolensis, subsp. Emarginata tractrac, subsp. Eremopterix leucotis, syn. Peliperdix coqui).

Gray's Lark (grayi)
SCI Name: Ammomanopsis grayi grayi
grayi / grayii
● John Edward Gray (1800-1875) English ornithologist (Amazilia, Ammomanopsis, Ardeola, Zosterops).
● George Robert Gray (1808-1872) English ornithologist, first Assistant Keeper at BMNH 1869 (subsp. Anthus correndera, syn. Anthus novaeseelandiae, subsp. Argusianus argus, syn. Chaetops pycnopygius, syn. Chalcopsitta cardinalis, Chenorhamphus, syn. Cisticola exilis rusticus, subsp. Crax fasciolata, Edolisoma, subsp. Leptocoma aspasia, Pipile, syn. Rallina tricolor, syn. Todiramphus chloris juliae, syn. Todiramphus chloris sordidus, Turdus).
● John Edward Gray (1800-1875) and his brother George Robert Gray (1808-1872) English ornithologists (syn. Campephilus pollens).