Sykes’s Short-toed Lark / Calandrella dukhunensis
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Sykes's Short-toed Lark
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Protonym: Alauda Dukhunensis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Part II, Meeting of April 24, 1832 p. 93
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Calandrella
Taxonomy Code: sstlar4
Type Locality: Dukhun, India.
Author: Sykes
Publish Year: 1832
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).
dukhunensis
Dukhun or Deccan, the large plateau region of southern India.
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)
