Agulhas Lark

Agulhas Lark / Certhilauda brevirostris

Agulhas Lark

Here the details of the Agulhas Lark named bird below:

SCI Name:  Certhilauda brevirostris
Protonym:  Certhilauda curvirostris brevirostris Ostrich 11 p.129
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae /
Taxonomy Code:  agular1
Type Locality:  Zoetendals Vallei, Bredasdorp district, near Cape Agulhas, Cape Province.
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Publish Year:  1941
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CERTHILAUDA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Cape Long-billed Lark C. curvirostris) Genus Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, treecreeper; genus Alauda Linnaeus, 1758, lark; "CERTHILAUDA.  ...   Bill moderate, slender, curved.  Nostrils roundish.  Wings . . . ?  Tail rather short, even. Feet moderate; nail of the hind toe short, straight.  Type. L'Alouette Sirli. Levaill., Ois. pl. 192.  My specimen of this bird is deficient in some of its quill feathers." (Swainson 1827); "Certhilauda Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 344. Type, by original designation, l'Alouette Sirli of Levaillant = Alauda curvirostris Vieillot." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 24).
Var. Certhialauda, Certhilanda, Cethilanda.
Synon. Corydalis, Heterocorys, Pseudocorys, Thinotretis, Toxocorys.

brevirostre / brevirostris
Mod. L. brevirostris  having a short beak  < L. brevis  short; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.