Botha’s Lark

Botha\'s Lark / Spizocorys fringillaris

Botha's Lark

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

SCI Name:  Spizocorys fringillaris
Protonym:  Alauda fringillaris Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 7 p.99
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae /
Taxonomy Code:  botlar1
Type Locality:  Caffraria superiore; type from north of Drakensberg, Transvaal.
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Publish Year:  1850
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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.

fringillaris
Mod. L. fringillaris  finch-like  < L. fringilla  finch.
● “Alauda fringillaris n. sp. simillima priori [Spizocorys conirostris] ...rostro paullo angustiore” (Sundevall, 1850) (Spizocorys).