Welcome Guest

Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark

Calandrella [blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri] (= Calandrella blanfordi) (Shelley, GE 1902)

Blanford's lark or Blanford's short-toed lark is a small passerine bird of the lark family, Alaudidae, which is native to north-east Africa. Its common name commemorates the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford. Source: Wikipedia




(0 votes)
Photo powered by flickr.com.


Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Calandrella
Scientific:
  Calandrella blanfordi

Original description

Citation:
  (Shelley, GE 1902)

Reference:
   Birds Afr. 3 p.128 pl.21 fig.2

Protonym:
  Tephrocorys blanfordi

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14034179

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5BD761DBB27ADCE3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5BD761DB

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5BD761DB

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558979

Geographic range:

  • Calandrella blanfordi: Eritrea and northern Ethiopia
  • Calandrella eremica eremica: SW Arabia
  • Calandrella eremica daaroodensis: N and c Somalia
  • Calandrella erlangeri: Highlands of Ethiopia
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark
French:
Alouette de Blanford, A. de Peters ou A. d'Erlanger

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Blanford's Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Blanford's Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Alouette de Blandford ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Blanford's Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Blanford's Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Blanford's Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri]

Your sightings

You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Czech: Skrivánek Blanforduv, skřivánek etiopský
Danish: Senafelærke
German: Blanfordlerche, Blanford-Lerche
English: Blanford's Lark, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark, Blanford's Short-toed Lark, Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark
Esperanto: Blanforda alaŭdo
Spanish: Terrera de Blanford
Finnish: Etiopianhietakiuru
French: Alouette de Blandford, Alouette de Blanford, Alouette de Blanford ou A. d'Erlanger, Alouette de Blanford, A. de Peters ou A. d'Erlanger
Hungarian: Blanford-pacsirta
Italian: Calandrella di Blanford
Japanese (romaji): somari-himekoutenshi
Japanese: ソマリアヒメコウテンシ, ソマリーヒメコウテンシ
Scientific: Calandrella [blanfordi or erlangeri], Calandrella [blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri], Calandrella blanfordi, Calandrella blanfordi blanfordi, Tephrocorys blanfordi
Lithuanian: Blanfordo trumpapirštis vieversys
Dutch: Blanford-leeuwerik, Blanfords Leeuwerik
Norwegian: Blekdverglerke
Polish: skowronczyk szarawy, skowrończyk szarawy
Russian: Малый жаворонок Бланфорда
Slovak: škovránka hnedkavá
Swedish: Blanfordlärka
Ukrainian: Жайворонок ефіопський
Chinese: 布氏百灵
Chinese (Traditional): 布氏沙百靈

Avibase has been visited 364,616,743 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy