Lark Bunting / Calamospiza melanocorys
WBN 
Lark Bunting
SCI Name:
Protonym: Calamospiza melanocorys Auk 2 p.49
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Calamospiza
Taxonomy Code: larbun
Type Locality:
Author: Stejneger
Publish Year: 1885
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CALAMOSPIZA
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Lark Bunting C. melanocorys) Gr. καλαμος kalamos grass; σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "2. F. bicolor. Prairie Finch. ... Inhabits the plains of the Platte river, and presents many of the habits, as well as the song of the Bob-o-link." (Townsend 1837); "Genus 136. CALAMOSPIZA, Nob. 193. CALAMOSPIZA BICOLOR, Nob. (Fringilla bicolor, Towns.) Aud. pl. 390, fig. 2, 3. Western parts." (Bonaparte 1838); "Calamospiza Bonaparte, 1838, Geog. Comp. List Birds Europe North Amer., p. 30. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla bicolor Townsend = Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 40).
Synon. Corydalina.
melanocorys
L. melas, melanos black < Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; Mod. L. corys lark < Gr. κορυδος korudos crested lark < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos helmet.
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)
