Stark’s Lark

Stark\'s Lark / Spizocorys starki

Stark's Lark

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

SCI Name:  Spizocorys starki
Protonym:  Calandrella starki BirdsAfr. 3 p.135 pl.22 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae /
Taxonomy Code:  stalar2
Type Locality:  Wilson''s Fountain, Great Namaqualand.
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Publish Year:  1902
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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.

starki
Arthur Cowell Stark (1846-1899) British naturalist, collector, killed at the siege of Ladysmith during the Anglo-Boer War (syn. Malaconotus blanchoti hypopyrrhus, Spizocorys).