Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [minor or nicolli]
Alaudala rufescens [minor or nicolli] (= Alaudala rufescens minor) (Cabanis, JL 1851)
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Alaudidae
Genus:
Alaudala
Scientific:
Alaudala rufescens minor
Original description
Citation:
(Cabanis, JL 1851)
Reference:
Mus. Heineanum
1 p.123
Imprint year:
1850-1851
Protonym:
Calandritis minor
Type locality:
Northeast Africa = Bir Hamam, southwest of Alexandria.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196124#page/139/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1EE84E28183276E6
Avibase ID:
avibase-1EE84E28
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1EE84E28
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 922975
Geographic range:
- Alaudala rufescens [minor or nicolli]: northern Africa (from Morocco eastward to Egypt) and from southern Türkiye southward to the Sinai Peninsula and eastward to Iraq
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [minor or nicolli]
French:
Alouette pispolette [minor ou nicolli]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [minor or nicolli] ( Alaudala rufescens [minor or nicolli]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [minor or nicolli] ( Alaudala rufescens [minor or nicolli]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [minor or nicolli] ( Alaudala rufescens [minor or nicolli]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [minor or nicolli] ( Alaudala rufescens [minor or nicolli]) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 6] |
| Clements, version 2024: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Alaudala rufescens minor [version 6] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Alaudala rufescens
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
English: Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [minor or nicolli]
French: Alouette pispolette (minor), Alouette pispolette [minor or nicolli], Alouette pispolette [minor ou nicolli]
Scientific: Alaudala rufescens [minor or nicolli], Alaudala rufescens minor
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