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Kidepo Lark

Corypha kidepoensis Macdonald, JD 1940

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Corypha
Scientific:
  Corypha kidepoensis


Original description

Citation:
  Macdonald, JD 1940

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 60 p.59

Protonym:
  Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis

Type locality:
  Ero, 4,000 feet, south edge of the Didinga Mts., lat. 4° 6' N., long. 33° 44' E., Sudan.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125339#page/89/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  724BF4FF866E74D6

Avibase ID:
  avibase-724BF4FF

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/724BF4FF


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 922819

English:
Kidepo Lark
Bulgarian:
Кидепоенска чучулига
Czech:
skřivan kidepský
Danish:
Kidepo Busklærke
Esperanto:
kidepa alaŭdo
Spanish:
Alondra de Kidepo
Spanish (Spain):
Alondra de Kidepo
French:
Alouette du Kidepo
Dutch:
Kidepoleeuwerik
Norwegian:
kidepolerke
Polish:
skowroniec rdzawopióry
Portuguese:
cotovia-do-kidepo
Slovak:
škovránok kidepský
Serbian:
Kidepo ševa
Swedish:
kidepolärka
Turkish:
Kipedo Toygarı
Chinese:
基多普歌百灵


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Red-winged Lark [kidepoensis or kathangoriensis] ( Mirafra hypermetra [kidepoensis or kathangoriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis)
Avilist 2025:
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis
Clements, version 2024:
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2025:
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2024:
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2025:
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Kidepo Lark ( Corypha kidepoensis) [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Corypha [hypermetra or kidepoensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bulgarian: Кидепоенска чучулига
Czech: skřivan kidepský
Danish: Kidepo Busklærke
English: Kidepo Lark, Red-winged Lark [kidepoensis or kathangoriensis]
[ENAV]: Kidepo Lark
English, HBW: Red-winged Lark (Kidepo)
English (IOC): Kidepo Lark
English (United States): Kidepo Lark
Esperanto: kidepa alaŭdo
Spanish: Alondra de Kidepo
Spanish (Spain): Alondra de Kidepo
French: Alouette du Kidepo, Alouette polyglotte (kidepoensis), Alouette polyglotte [kidepoensis ou kathangoriensis]
Scientific: Corypha kidepoensis, Mirafra hypermetra [kidepoensis or kathangoriensis], Mirafra hypermetra kidepoensis
Dutch: Kidepoleeuwerik
Norwegian: kidepolerke
Polish: skowroniec rdzawopióry
Portuguese: cotovia-do-kidepo
Slovak: škovránok kidepský
Serbian: Kidepo ševa
Swedish: kidepolärka
Turkish: Kipedo Toygarı
Chinese: 基多普歌百灵

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