Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Here the details of the Fischer's Sparrow-Lark named bird below:
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Protonym: Coraphites leucopareia J.Orn. 32 p.55
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Eremopterix
Taxonomy Code: fislar1
Type Locality: Little Arusha.
Author: Fischer & Reichenow
Publish Year: 1884
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EREMOPTERIX
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark E. leucotis melanocephala) Gr. ερημος erēmos desert; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos bird, winged creature; "Es gibt noch ein zahlloses Heer erotischer Finken, die jedoch bis jetzt chaotisch durch einander geworfen und keinseswegs in natürlichen Abtheilungen gesondert dastehen, auch müssen sie, je nachdem sie höhere oder niedere Formen repräsentiren, gestellt, und z. B. die steissschwänzigen Finken Dolychoeix, als die Spechte der Finken vor den Lerchen-Finken Eremopterix, angeführt werden; ich nenne so einige afrikanische Sperlinge mit außerst kurzen Zehen, ziemlich geraden Spornen, stark ausgeschnittenen Flügeln, hohem Schnabel und hellfarbigem Gefieder; und zähle hierzu otoleuca orucigera [sic] etc." (Kaup 1836); "Eremopterix Kaup, 1836, Das Thierreich, 2, Th. 1, p. 139, in text. Type, by subsequent designation, Fringilla otoleuca Temminck = Alauda melanocephala Lichtenstein (Bianchi, 1907, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg (5), (1906), 25, p. 29)." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 29).
Var. Eremopteryx.
Synon. Coraphites, Hovacorys, Megalotis, Pyrgilauda, Pyrrhulauda.
leucopareia / leucopareius / leucopareus
Gr. λευκοπαρειος leukopareios fair-cheeked, white-cheeked < λευκος leukos white; παρηιον parēion cheek.
● “Owing to the discovery that Pallas’ Zoogr. Rosso-As., although dated on the title page 1811, was not published till 1827, Temminck’s name, dating from 1820, has priority over Sterna hybrida Pall.” (BOU 1915); “According to the Cat. Br. Mus. (Natural Hist.), p. 1505, the first two volumes of this classic were completed shortly after the author’s death [1811] ...The plates were published 1834-42” (Wood 1931) (syn. Chlidonias hybrida).
Leucopareia
(syn. Branta Ϯ Barnacle Goose B. leucopsis) Gr. λευκοπαρειος leukopareios white-cheeked, fair-cheeked < λευκος leukos white; παρηιον parēion cheek (cf. specific name Anser leucopareius Brandt, 1836 (= subsp. Branta canadensis)); "Genera et Species typicae. ... d. *Leucopareia Rchb. leucopsis (Anser — Bchst.) R. Ic. Av. t. 97. ic. 230—231. ib. 233—234. t. 101. ic. 416 et 954. t. 104. ic. 2772. t. 105. ic. 247—248." (Reichenbach 1852).
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)