Corypha kurrae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Alaudidae
Genus: Corypha
Species: Corypha kurrae
Subspecies: C. k. bamendae – C. k. batesi – C. k. henrici – C. k. kurrae – C. k. stresemanni

Name

Corypha kurrae (Lynes 1923)

• Type locality: Kurra, 5,000 feet, Darfur.

Synonymy

• Mirafra africana kurrae (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Exhibition and description of new subspecies from Darfur. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 43 p. 95 BHL

Additional references

• Alström, P., Mohammadi, Z., Donald, P.F., Nymark, M., Enbody, E.D., Irestedt, M., Elisha, E.B., Ndithia, H.K., Tieleman, B.I., Engelbrecht, D., Olsson, U., Rancilhac, L. & Stervander, M. 2023. Integrative taxonomy reveals unrecognised species diversity in African Corypha larks (Aves: Alaudidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200(4): 1080–1108 DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad107 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Highland Lark
español: Alondra Sudanesa
français: Alouette des monts
Nederlands: Hooglandleeuwerik

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