Avibase: Alauda gulgula [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii] (Oriental Skylark [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii])

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Oriental Skylark [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii]

Alauda gulgula [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii] (= Alauda gulgula gulgula) Franklin, J 1831

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Alauda
Scientific:
  Alauda gulgula gulgula

Original description

Citation:
Franklin, J 1831

Reference:
Proc. Comm. Sci. Corres. Zool. Soc. London 1, no.10 p.119

Protonym:
Alauda Gulgula

Type locality:
Ganges between Calcutta and Benares, or Vindhya Hills; restricted to between Calcutta and Benares by Whistler, 1936, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 38, p. 767.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16559#page/133/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
8A7DBD47AB339F84

Avibase ID:
avibase-8A7DBD47

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8A7DBD47

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 923080

Geographic range:

Alauda gulgula gulgula: eastern India to Sri Lanka and Indochina

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Oriental Skylark [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii]
French:
Alouette gulgule [gulgula, herberti ou dharmakumarsinhjii]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Oriental Skylark [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii] ( Alauda gulgula [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Oriental Skylark [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii] ( Alauda gulgula [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Oriental Skylark [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii] ( Alauda gulgula [gulgula, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii])
Avilist 2025: Alauda gulgula gulgula [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Alauda gulgula gulgula [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Alauda gulgula gulgula [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Alauda gulgula gulgula [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Alauda gulgula gulgula [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Alauda gulgula gulgula [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Alauda gulgula gulgula [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Alauda gulgula gulgula [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Alauda gulgula [gulgula, australis, herberti or dharmakumarsinhjii]

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