Botha's Lark
Spizocorys fringillaris(Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
English (US) Botha's Lark
The Botha's Lark (Spizocorys fringillaris) 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: northeastern South Africa (southern Mpumalanga and eastern Free State)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spizocorys fringillaris
- Family
- Alaudidae (Larks)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Botha's Lark
- Described by
- (Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alauda fringillaris
- Described by
- (Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
- Type locality
- Caffraria superiore; type from north of Drakensberg, Transvaal.
- Original description
- Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 7, no.4 p.99
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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