Rudd’s Lark / Heteromirafra ruddi
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Rudd's Lark
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Protonym: Heteronyx ruddi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 21 p.111
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Heteromirafra
Taxonomy Code: rudlar1
Type Locality: Wakkerstroom , Transvaal .
Author: Grant, CHB
Publish Year: 1908
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
HETEROMIRAFRA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Rudd's Lark H. ruddi) Gr. ἑτερος heteros different, another; genus Mirafra Horsfield, 1821, bush lark (see Heteronyx); "Mr. CLAUDE H. B. GRANT said that Mr. TOM IREDALE had kindly drawn his attention to the fact that the name Heteronyx which he proposed for a genus of African Larks in the Bull. B.O.C. xxi. p. 111 (1908), was preoccupied in insects. He therefore proposed to rename it Heteromirafra, and the species must in future stand as Heteromirafra ruddi (Grant)." (Grant 1913); "Heteromirafra C. Grant, 1913, Bull. British Ornith. Club, XXXI, p. 114. New name for Heteronyx C. Grant, 1908, preoccupied by Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Coleoptera)." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Heteronyx.
ruddi
Charles Dunnel Rudd (1844-1916) English entrepreneur in South Africa, Chairman of De Beers Mining Company 1880, sponsor of expeditions in tropical Africa (Apalis, Heteromirafra).
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)
