Tawny Lark
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Tawny Lark
Here the details of the Tawny Lark named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alauda Deva Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 no.18 p.92,93
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Galerida
Taxonomy Code: tawlar1
Type Locality: Dukhun = Deccan.
Author: Sykes
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GALERIDA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Crested Lark G. cristata) L. galerita, galeritus, galerius or avis galerita lark with a crest, either the Crested Lark or the Eurasian Skylark < galerum cap, bonnet < galea helmet; "Fam. Alaudidae. Gattung Galerida 4 Hieher aus Europa: 1. Alauda cristata Lin. 2. — undata Gm. Africa: 3. cinerea Gm. 4. isabellina Tem. col. 244. fig. 2. ... 4 Plin." (Boie 1828); "Galerida Boie, 1828, Isis von Oken, col. 321. Type, by subsequent designation, Alauda cristata Linnaeus (Gray, 1840, List. Gen. Birds, p. 47)." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 55).
Var. Galerita, Golerida.
Synon. Calendula, Corydus, Erana, Heliocorys, Heterops, Ptilocorys, Spizalauda.
deva
Hindu myth. Deva, a good spirit or god (Galerida).
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)
