Beesley’s Lark

Beesley\'s Lark / Chersomanes beesleyi

Beesley's Lark

Here the details of the Beesley's Lark named bird below:

SCI Name:  Chersomanes beesleyi
Protonym:  Chersomanes albofasciata beesleyi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 86 (4) p. 77
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae /
Taxonomy Code:  beelar1
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Publish Year:  1966
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DEFINITIONS

CHERSOMANES
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Spike-heeled Lark C. albofasciata garrula) Gr. χερσος khersos  barren land; -μανης -manēs  passionately fond of  <  μανια mania  passion  < μαινομαι mainomai  to rage; "Gen. CHERSOMANES nov. gen. *) Stelzenlerche.  Corydalis Temm. Boie 1826. — Certhilauda (!) Sws. 1827.  671.1. Ch. garrula Nob. — Certhilauda garrula Smith. Proc. S. Afr. Jnst. 1833. — id. Jll. S. Afr. Zool. tab. 106. — Certhilauda albofasciata Lafr. Mag. Zool. 1836. Ois. tab. 58.   ...   *) Von χερσοςἡ  wüstes Land.  —  Die Gattung Alaemon unterscheidet sich durch längere spitzere Flüger und längern Schwanz, sowie durch kürzere gekrümmte Hinterzehe.  Zu Chersomanes gehören ferner: 1. Ch. africana. — Alauda africana Gm.  —  2. Ch. subcoronata. — Certhilauda subcoronata Smith." (Cabanis 1853);  "CHERSOMANES Cabanis, 1851  F — Certhilauda garrula A. Smith, 1846; type by subsequent designation (Bianchi, 1907, Bull. l'Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersb., ser. 5, 25 (1906), p. 15)." (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed.,  2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 435).

beesleyi
John S. S. Beesley (b. 1925) British ornithologist, bird pest research officer in Tanzania and Botswana 1956-1984 (subsp. Chersomanes albofasciata).