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Gray's Lark

Ammomanopsis grayi (Wahlberg, JA 1855)

Gray's lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-western Africa in its natural habitat of hot deserts. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Ammomanopsis
Scientific:
  Ammomanopsis grayi


Original description

Citation:
  (Wahlberg, JA 1855)

Reference:
   Öfvers. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förh. 12 p.213

Protonym:
  Alauda grayi

Type locality:
  between the Kuiseb River and the Swakop River, Damaraland.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15969965


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9E0E6D4E46F43BC2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9E0E6D4E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9E0E6D4E


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916562

Geographic range:

  • Ammomanopsis grayi grayi: western Namibia (Cape Cross to southern edge of Namib Desert)
  • Ammomanopsis grayi hoeschi: sandy desert of far southwestern Angola to northern Namibia (Cape Cross)
English:
Gray's Lark
Catalan:
alosa de Gray
Czech:
skřivan namibijský
Danish:
Namibørkenlærke
German:
Namiblerche
Spanish:
Alondra de Gray
Spanish (Spain):
Alondra de Gray
Finnish:
pulmuskiuru
French:
Alouette de Gray
Croatian:
sijeda ševa
Italian:
Allodola di Gray
Japanese (romaji):
mujisunahibari
Japanese:
ムジスナヒバリ
Lithuanian:
Namibinis smiltvieversis
Dutch:
Namibleeuwerik
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gruslerke
Norwegian:
Gruslerke
Polish:
skowron blady
Portuguese:
cotovia-da-namíbia
Portuguese (Portugal):
cotovia-da-namíbia
Russian:
Намибский жаворонок
Slovak:
škovránok štrkový
Swedish:
namiblärka
Ukrainian:
Жайворонок намібійський
Chinese:
格氏漠百灵
Chinese (Traditional):
葛雷氏漠百靈


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Namiblewerik
Catalan: alosa de Gray
Czech: Skrivan namibijský, skřivan namibijský, skřívan namibijský
Danish: Namibørkenlærke
German: Namib Lerche, Namiblerche
English: Gray's Desert Lark, Gray's Lark, Gray's Sand Lark, Gray's Sand-Lark
English, HBW: Gray's Lark
English (IOC): Gray's Lark
English (United States): Gray's Lark
Esperanto: Graja alaŭdo
Spanish: Alondra de Gray, Terrera de Gray
Spanish (Spain): Alondra de Gray
Spanish (HBW): Gray's Lark
Estonian: helelõoke
Finnish: Pulmuskiuru
French: Alouette de Gray, Ammomane de Gray, Sirli de Gray
Croatian: sijeda ševa
Italian: Allodola di Gray
Japanese (romaji): mujisunahibari
Japanese: ムジスナヒバリ
Scientific: Alauda grayi, Ammomanes grayi, Ammomanes grayi grayi, Ammomanopsis grayi, Ammomanopsis grayi grayi
Lithuanian: Namibinis smiltvieversis
Dutch: Namibleeuwerik
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gruslerke
Norwegian: Gruslerke
Polish: skowron blady, skowronik pustynny
Portuguese: Cotovia da Namíbia, cotovia-da-namíbia
Portuguese (Portugal): cotovia-da-namíbia
Russian: Намибийский вьюрковый жаворонок, Намибский жаворонок
Slovak: škovránok štrkový
Swedish: Grays ökenlärka, namiblärka
Turkish: Gray toygarı
Ukrainian: Жайворонок намібійський
Chinese: 格氏漠百灵
Chinese (Traditional): 葛雷氏漠百靈

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