Russet Lark
Corypha sharpii(Elliot, DG, 1897)
English (US) Russet Lark
The Russet Lark (Corypha sharpii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alaudidae (Larks) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northwestern Somalia (Silo Plain, Tuyo Plain, and Bankisah)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Corypha sharpii
- Family
- Alaudidae (Larks)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Russet Lark
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1897)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Mirafra sharpii
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1897)
- Type locality
- Silo Plain, Somaliland.
- Original description
- Field Museum of Natural History Publication, Ornithological Series 1 p.37
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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