Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Peter Ryan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 16, 2018
Text last updated January 16, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Spotlewerik |
| Bulgarian | Пойна храстова чучулига |
| Catalan | alosa melodiosa |
| Croatian | bjelogrla ševa |
| Dutch | Spotleeuwerik |
| English | Melodious Lark |
| English (United States) | Melodious Lark |
| Estonian | taidur-rohtlalõoke |
| French | Alouette mélodieuse |
| French (Canada) | Alouette mélodieuse |
| German | Spottlerche |
| Japanese | ナンアヤブヒバリ |
| Norwegian | boerlerke |
| Polish | skowroniec białobrody |
| Russian | Бурощёкий жаворонок |
| Slovak | škovránok napodobiteľ |
| Spanish | Alondra Melodiosa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alondra melodiosa |
| Swedish | boerlärka |
| Turkish | Latakoo Toygarı |
| Ukrainian | Фірлюк південний |
| Zulu | unontilomzwilili |
Mirafra cheniana Smith, 1843
PROTONYM:
Mirafra cheniana
Smith, 1843. Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 pt. 19, pl.A89, fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality = Latakoo, Bechuanaland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- MIRAFRA
- mirafra
- cheniana
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Melodious Lark
