Alaudala rufescens [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica] (Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica])

Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica]

Alaudala rufescens [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica] (= Alaudala rufescens rufescens) (Vieillot, LJP 1819)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Alaudala
Scientific:
  Alaudala rufescens rufescens

Original description

Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1819)

Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 29 p.516

Protonym:
A[lauda] rufescens

Type locality:
Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63937#page/538/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D0886CB45A8595F1

Avibase ID:
avibase-D0886CB4

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D0886CB4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558985

Geographic range:

Alaudala rufescens [rufescens or polatzeki]: Canary Islands (Tenerife, where perhaps extirpated, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote)
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
Alaudala rufescens apetzii: southern Iberian Peninsula
Alaudala heinei [heinei or pseudobaetica]: breeds from Ukraine and eastern Türkiye eastward to eastern Kazakhstan and (disjunctly?) to southern Mongolia; wintering in the Middle East and southwestern Asia

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica]
French:
Alouette pispolette [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lesser Short-toed Lark [nominate] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser Short-toed Lark [nominate] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser Short-toed Lark [nominate] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser Short-toed Lark [nominate] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser Short-toed Lark [nominate] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens, incl. heinei, pseudobaetica])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Alouette pispolette ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Lesser Short-toed Lark ( Alaudala rufescens) [version 3]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Calandrella rufescens [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Alaudala [rufescens or heini, excl. niethammeri]

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