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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


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Family	Alaudidae Vigors, 1825 – Larks
	Genus	Eremophila F. Boie, 1828 – Horned Larks
	Species	Eremophila 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

Comments


	Comment:

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