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Eremophila alpestris  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554256

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Alondra cornuda [Spanish]
  
    Horned Lark [English]
  
    alouette hausse-col [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyAlaudidae Vigors, 1825 – Larks  
                               GenusEremophila F. Boie, 1828 – Horned Larks  
                                  SpeciesEremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) – Alondra cornuda, Horned Lark, alouette hausse-col  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris actia (Oberholser, 1902) – California horned lark 
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris adusta (Dwight, 1890)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris albigula (Bonaparte, 1850)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris alpina (Jewett, 1943)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris ammophila (Oberholser, 1902)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris aphrasta (Oberholser, 1902)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris arcticola (Oberholser, 1902)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris argalea (Oberholser, 1902)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris atlas (Whitaker, 1898)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris balcanica (Reichenow, 1895)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris bicornis (C. L. Brehm, 1842)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris brandti (Dresser, 1874)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris chrysolaema (Wagler, 1831)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris diaphora (Oberholser, 1902)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris elwesi (Blanford, 1872)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris enertera (Oberholser, 1907)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris enthymia (Oberholser, 1902)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris flava (Gmelin, 1789)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris giraudi (Henshaw, 1884)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris hoyti (Bishop, 1896)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris insularis (Dwight, 1890)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris khamensis (Bianchi, 1904)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris kumerloevei Roselaar, 1995  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris lactea A. R. Phillips, 1970  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris lamprochroma (Oberholser, 1932)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris leucansiptila (Oberholser, 1902)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris leucolaema Coues, 1874  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris longirostris (Moore, 1856)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris merrilli (Dwight, 1890)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris nigrifrons (Prjevalsky, 1876)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris oaxacae (Nelson, 1897)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris occidentalis (McCall, 1851)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris penicillata (Gould, 1838)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris peregrina (P. L. Sclater, 1855)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris praticola (Henshaw, 1884)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris przewalskii (Bianchi, 1904)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris rubea (Henshaw, 1884)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris sierrae (Oberholser, 1920)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris strigata (Henshaw, 1884) – streaked horned lark 
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris teleschowi (Prjevalsky, 1887)  
                                     Subspecies Eremophila alpestris utahensis (Behle, 1938)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Eremophila alpestris    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Horned Lark[English], alouette hausse-col [French]   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Horned Lark[English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Alondra cornuda[Spanish]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.04, website (version 04-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Eremophila alpestris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Eremophila alpestris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Eremophila alpestris, Horned Lark [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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