Rufous-capped Lark / Calandrella eremica
Rufous-capped Lark
SCI Name:
Protonym: Spizocorys eremica Mitt.Zool.Mus.Hamburg 45 p. 23
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Calandrella
Taxonomy Code: blalar4
Type Locality: Bet en Naam, Yemen.
Author: Reichenow & Peters
Publish Year: 1932
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CALANDRELLA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Greater Short-toed Lark C. brachydactyla) Dim. < Gr. καλανδρος kalandros Calandra Lark; "11. Alauda brachydactyla. ... 11. Kalandrelle. Calandrella. (Al. brachydactyla.) Entw[ickelung]. Alle Formen werden etwas größer, das Gefieder einfacher und der Sporn der Hinterzehe gerade, wie beim Wiedehopf. Char[akter]. Kalandarlerchen mit dünnem Schnabel. Leb[ensart]. Sie gleichen hierin den Lerchen, besonders aber den Kalandarlerchen." (Kaup 1829); "Calandrella Kaup, 1829, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europäischen Thierw., p. 39. Type, by monotypy, Al. brachydactyla = Alauda brachydactyla Leisler." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 44).
Var. Calandralla.
Synon. Calandritis, Coryphidea, Tephrocorys.
calandrella
Dim. < Italian name Calandrino for the Greater Short-toed Lark < French Calandrelle < Gr. καλανδρος kalandros Calandra Lark (syn. Calandrella brachydactyla).
eremica
Gr. ερημικος erēmikos living in a desert < ερημια erēmia desert.
SUBSPECIES
Rufous-capped Lark (eremica)
SCI Name: Calandrella eremica eremica
eremica
Gr. ερημικος erēmikos living in a desert < ερημια erēmia desert.
Rufous-capped Lark (daaroodensis)
SCI Name: Calandrella eremica daaroodensis
daaroodensis
Daarood, Darod or Darood, a people and clan of Somalia.
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)