Corypha nigrescens

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 nigrescens
Subspecies: C. n. nigrescens – C. n. nyikae

Name

Corypha nigrescens (Reichenow 1900)

• Type locality: Elton Pass, Ukinga, Tanganyika Territory (Tanzania).

Synonymy

• Mirafra nigrescens (protonym)
• Mirafra africana nigrescens Reichenow 1900

References

Primary references

• Neue Forschungen in Deutsch-Ostafrika. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 8 p. 39 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: Plateau Lark
español: Alondra de meseta
français: Alouette noirâtre
Nederlands: Hoogvlakteleeuwerik

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