Lark-like Brushrunner
Lark-like Brushrunner
Here the details of the Lark-like Brushrunner named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Coryphistera alaudina J.Orn. 8 p.251
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Coryphistera
Taxonomy Code: lalbru1
Type Locality: no locality given = near Parana, ex Burmeister, Reise La Plata Staaten, 2, 1861, p. 470.
Author: Burmeister
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CORYPHISTERA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Lark-like Brushrunner C. alaudina) Gr. κορυφιστηρ koruphistēr, κορυφιστηρος koruphistēros tuft on the crown of the head; "Coryphistera alaudina Nob. Schnabel von Anumbius acuticaudatus, nur etwas kürzer und höher, leicht gebogen, ohne Spur einer Kerbe. Scheitelfedern haubenartig verlängert. ... Beine kräftiger als bei Synallaxis, die Laufsohle warzig getäfelt, die Hinterzehe stark. Vom Ansehen einer Haubenlerche (A. cristata,) etwas kleiner, der Schwanz nach Verhältniss länger. Rücken bräunlich lerchenfarben, jede Feder mit weisslichem Rande, auch sie Schwingen und Schwanzfedern" (Burmeister 1860); "Coryphistera Burmeister, Journ. f. Orn., 8, 1860, p. 251. Type, by monotypy, Coryphistera alaudina Burmeister." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 113).
Var. Coraphistera.
alaudina / alaudinus
Mod. L. alaudinus lark-like, of a lark < L. alauda lark.
SUBSPECIES
Lark-like Brushrunner (campicola)
SCI Name: Coryphistera alaudina campicola
campicola
L. campus, campi field; -cola inhabitant < colere to inhabit.
Lark-like Brushrunner (alaudina)
SCI Name: Coryphistera alaudina alaudina
alaudina / alaudinus
Mod. L. alaudinus lark-like, of a lark < L. alauda lark.
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)