Stark’s Lark / Spizocorys starki
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Stark's Lark
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Protonym: Calandrella starki BirdsAfr. 3 p.135 pl.22 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Spizocorys
Taxonomy Code: stalar2
Type Locality: Wilson''s Fountain, Great Namaqualand.
Author: Shelley
Publish Year: 1902
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
starki
Arthur Cowell Stark (1846-1899) British naturalist, collector, killed at the siege of Ladysmith during the Anglo-Boer War (syn. Malaconotus blanchoti hypopyrrhus, 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)
