Botha’s Lark / Spizocorys fringillaris
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Botha's Lark
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alauda fringillaris Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 7 p.99
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Spizocorys
Taxonomy Code: botlar1
Type Locality: Caffraria superiore; type from north of Drakensberg, Transvaal.
Author: Sundevall
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
SPIZOCORYS
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Pink-billed Lark S. conirostris) Gr. σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; Mod. L. corys lark < Gr. κορυδος korudos crested lark < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos helmet; "Spizocorys n. g. (Al. conirostris Sundev. Vet. Ak. Ö. 1850) rostro brevi, crassius conico, culmine vix arcuato; naribus setis obtectis; colore alaudino, maculato. Nomen: ςπιζα, passer: κορυς, alauda. (Obs. κορις, coris = Cimex, quod probe observandum)" (Sundevall 1872).
Synon. Aethocorys, Botha, Dewetia, Pseudalaemon.
fringillaris
Mod. L. fringillaris finch-like < L. fringilla finch.
● “Alauda fringillaris n. sp. simillima priori [Spizocorys conirostris] ...rostro paullo angustiore” (Sundevall, 1850) (Spizocorys).
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)
