The rufous-naped lark or rufous-naped bush lark is a widespread and conspicuous species of lark in the lightly wooded grasslands, open savannas and farmlands of the Afrotropics. Males attract attention to themselves by a bold and often repeated wing-fluttering display from a prominent perch, which is accompanied by a melodious and far-carrying whistled phrase. This rudimentary display has been proposed as the precursor to the wing-clapping displays of other bush lark species. They have consistently rufous outer wings and a short erectile crest, but the remaining plumage hues and markings are individually and geographically variable. It has a straight lower, and longish, curved upper mandible. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Smith, A 1836
Reference:
Rep. Exped. C. Afr.
Protonym:
Mirafra africana
Type locality:
eastern Cape Province and the country as far as Latakoo.
Link:
https://archive.org/details/reportexpeditio00afrigoog/page/n53
Avibase ID:
6A0D61232C44E272
Avibase ID:
avibase-6A0D6123
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6A0D6123
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561139
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Rufous-naped Lark ( Corypha africana) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Rufous-naped Lark ( Corypha [africana, athi, kurrae, kabalii or nigriscens]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Alouette à nuque rousse ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Rufous-naped Bushlark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 2] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Rufous-naped Lark ( Mirafra africana) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Mirafra africana [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Corypha [africana, athi, kurrae, kabalii, nigrescens or sharpii]
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