Short-tailed Lark
Spizocorys fremantlii(Lort Phillips, EE, 1897)
English (US) Short-tailed Lark
The Short-tailed Lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) 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.
- Scientific name
- Spizocorys fremantlii
- Family
- Alaudidae (Larks)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Short-tailed Lark
- Described by
- (Lort Phillips, EE, 1897)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Spizocorys fremantlii fremantlii
- Spizocorys fremantlii megaensis
- Spizocorys fremantlii delamerei
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Calendula fremantlii
- Described by
- (Lort Phillips, EE, 1897)
- Type locality
- Goolis Mts., British Somaliland; type from Gedais. Col. pi., Ibis, 1898, pi. 9, fig. 2.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 6 p.46
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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