Biology:Pinarocorys

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Short description: Genus of birds

Pinarocorys
Pinarocorys nigricans 189372404, crop.jpg
Dusky lark (Pinarocorys nigricans)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Pinarocorys
Shelley, 1902
Type species
Alauda nigricans[1]
Sundevall, 1850
Species

2, see text

Pinarocorys is a genus of larks in the family Alaudidae.

Species

It contains two species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Dusky lark, Pinarocorys nigricans, at Loodswaai Game Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa - 50904925188.jpg Pinarocorys nigricans Dusky lark southern Central Africa
AlaudaErythropygiaWolf.jpg Pinarocorys erythropygia Rufous-rumped lark western and central Africa from Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone to eastern Sudan, South Sudan and northwestern Uganda

References

  1. "Alaudidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=163. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Nicators, reedling, larks". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/larks/. Retrieved 15 July 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2104862 entry