Russet lark

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Russet lark
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Corypha
Species:
C. sharpii
Binomial name
Corypha sharpii
(Elliot, DG, 1897)

The russet lark (Corypha sharpii), also known as Sharpe's lark, is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Somalia.

Taxonomy

The russet lark was formerly placed in the genus Mirafra . It is one of several species that were moved to the resurrected genus Corypha based on the results of a large molecular genetic study by the Swedish ornithologist Per Alström and collaborators that was published in 2023. [2] [3] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. [2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2022). "Mirafra sharpii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Nicators, Bearded Reedling, larks". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ↑ 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 .


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