Corypha africana (Alaudidae)

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 africana
Subspecies: C. a. africana – C. a. chapini – C. a. ghansiensis – C. a. gomesi – C. a. grisescens – C. a. isolata – C. a. occidentalis – C. a. pallida – C. a. ruwenzoria – C. a. transvaalensis – C. a. tropicalis

Synonyms: C. a. anchietae – C. a. okahandjae – C. a. pallidior – included in pallida; C. a. ngamiensis – included in ghansiensis; C. a. zuluensis – included in transvaalensis; C. a. rostrata – included in africana.

Name

Corypha africana (A. Smith, 1836)

Type locality: eastern Cape Province and the country as far as Latakoo.

Synonymy

Mirafra africana (protonym)

References

Primary references

Smith, A. 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good. p. 47

Additional references

Alström, P., Mohammadi, Z., Enbody, E.D., Irestedt, M., Engelbrecht, D., Crochet, P-A., Guillaumet, A., Rancilhac, L., Tieleman, B.I., Olsson, U., Donald, P.F., & Stervander, M. 2023. Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data. Avian Research 14: 100095 DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100095 Reference page.
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.

Links

IUCN: Corypha africana (Alaudidae) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rooineklewerik
Cymraeg: Ehedydd gwargoch
Deutsch: Rotnackenlerche
English: Rufous-naped lark
español: Alondra nuquirrufa
فارسی: چکاوک گردن‌حنایی
suomi: Punaniskakiuru
français: Alouette à nuque rousse
magyar: Vörösnyakú bokorpacsirta
Nederlands: Roodnekleeuwerik
norsk: Melankolilerke
Diné bizaad: Hodíłchʼiltah dijádídlǫ́ʼí bitsiiyah halchíʼígíí
svenska: rödnackad lärka
Tiếng Việt: Sơn ca gáy hung
中文: 棕颈歌百灵