Alaudala rufescens [rufescens or polatzeki] (Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens or polatzeki])

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Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens or polatzeki]

Alaudala rufescens [rufescens or polatzeki] (= 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:
F7F8FFE6447CFCFC

Avibase ID:
avibase-F7F8FFE6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F7F8FFE6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 922979

Geographic range:

Alaudala rufescens [rufescens or polatzeki]: Canary Islands (Tenerife, where perhaps extirpated, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens or polatzeki]
French:
Alouette pispolette [rufescens ou polatzeki]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens or polatzeki] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens or polatzeki] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens or polatzeki] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mediterranean Short-toed Lark [rufescens or polatzeki] ( Alaudala rufescens [rufescens or polatzeki])
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 6]
Clements, version 2024: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Alaudala rufescens rufescens [version 6]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Alaudala rufescens

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