Hume's Lark

SCI Name:  Calandrella acutirostris
Protonym:  Calandrella acutirostris LahoreYarkand[Henderson&Hume] p.265
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Calandrella
Taxonomy Code:  humlar1
Type Locality:  Balakchi and the Karakash, [Sughet River, Hill Yarkand].
Author:  Hume
Publish Year:  1873
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).

acutirostris
L. acutus  sharp-pointed  < acuere  to sharpen to a point; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.

SUBSPECIES

Hume's Lark (acutirostris)
SCI Name: Calandrella acutirostris acutirostris
acutirostris
L. acutus  sharp-pointed  < acuere  to sharpen to a point; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.

Hume's Lark (tibetana)
SCI Name: Calandrella acutirostris tibetana
tibetana / tibetanum / tibetanus
Tibet.
● ex “Paon du Thibet” of Brisson 1760, “Chinquis” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Thibet Peacock” of Latham 1783 (syn. Polyplectron bicalcaratum).