IRMNG - Mirafra Horsfield, 1821

IRMNG taxon details

Mirafra Horsfield, 1821

IRMNG_ID

1425713 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1425713)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alaudidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Brachonyx Swainson, 1827 · unaccepted

Brachyonyx Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Braconyx Swainson, 1837 · unaccepted

Corypha Gray, 1840 · unaccepted

Etoimus Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted

Megalonsphonyx Blyth, 1861 · unaccepted

Megalophonus Gray, 1841 · unaccepted

Miraffra Hartlaub, 1846 · unaccepted

Myrafra Swainson, 1837 · unaccepted

Direct children (28)

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Species Mirafra africana Smith, 1836
Species Mirafra africanoides Smith, 1836
Species Mirafra albicauda Reichenow, 1891
Species Mirafra alopex Sharpe, 1890
Species Mirafra angolensis Bocage, 1880
Species Mirafra apiata (Vieillot, 1816)
Species Mirafra ashi Colston, 1982
Species Mirafra assamica Horsfield, 1840
Species Mirafra cantillans Blyth, 1845
Species Mirafra cheniana Smith, 1843
Species Mirafra collaris Sharpe, 1896
Species Mirafra cordofanica Strickland, 1852
Species Mirafra degodiensis Erard, 1975
Species Mirafra erythroptera Blyth, 1845
Species Mirafra gilletti Sharpe, 1895
Species Mirafra hova Hartlaub, 1860
Species Mirafra hypermetra (Reichenow, 1879)
Species Mirafra javanica Horsfield, 1821
Species Mirafra naevia (Strickland, 1853)
Species Mirafra passerina Gyldenstolpe, 1926
Species Mirafra poecilosterna (Reichenow, 1879)
Species Mirafra pulpa Friedmann, 1930
Species Mirafra rufa Lynes, 1920
Species Mirafra rufocinnamomea (Salvadori, 1865)
Species Mirafra sabota Smith, 1836
Species Mirafra sharpii Elliot, 1897
Species Mirafra somalica (Witherby, 1903)
Species Mirafra williamsi Macdonald, 1956

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13 (1)
page(s): 159 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Mirafra Horsfield, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1425713 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (17)

original description Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13 (1)
page(s): 159 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

verified source for family Australian Faunal Directory (Jul 2011) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Australian Faunal Directory (Jul 2011) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Megalophonus Gray, 1841) List Gen. Birds, ed. 2
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Etoimus Gistl, 1848) Nat. Thierr., p. x. [details]

original description (of Brachyonyx Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]

original description (of Myrafra Swainson, 1837) N. H. Classif. Birds, 2
page(s): 125 [details]

original description (of Brachonyx Swainson, 1827) Zool. Journ., 3 (11)
page(s): 345 [details]

original description (of Megalonsphonyx Blyth, 1861) J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 30
page(s): 98 [details]

original description (of Braconyx Swainson, 1837) N. H. Classif. Birds, 2
page(s): 292 [details]

original description (of Miraffra Hartlaub, 1846) Erst. Nachtr. Verz. Vögelsamml. Bremen
page(s): 14 [details]

original description (of Corypha Gray, 1840) Gray, G.R. (1840). A list of the genera of birds with an indication of the typical species of each genus, compiled from various sources. Richard and John E. Taylor, London . vii+ii+80 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48588
page(s): 48 [details]