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Alauda arvensis

(Eurasian Sky Lark)

Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Veldleeuwerik

Common Names in English:

Eurasian Sky Lark, Eurasian Skylark, European Skylark, Lark, Sky Lark, Skylark

Common Names in French:

Alouette Des Champs

Common Names in German:

Feldlerche

Common Names in Hebrew:

זרעית

Common Names in Italian:

Allodola

Common Names in Japanese:

ヒバリ

Common Names in Russian:

Жаворонок полевой, Polevoy Zhavoronok

Common Names in Spanish:

Alondra Común

Description

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Physical Description

Species Alauda arvensis

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,115 meters (0 to 16,781 feet).[1]

Ecology:
List of Habitats :3.4Shrubland - Temperate 4.4Grassland - Temperate 14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland

Biology

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Diet

Mostly:

Reproduction

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

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The Sky Lark can be told from sparrows by its thin bill and from pipits by its streaked crown and back and white trailing edge to the wing.

Members of the genus Alauda

There are approximately 66 species in this genus:

A. adamsi · A. argentea · A. arvensis (Eurasian Sky Lark) · A. arvensis armenica · A. arvensis arvensis (Eurasian Sky Lark) · A. arvensis cantarella · A. arvensis dulcivox · A. arvensis hainana · A. arvensis harterti · A. arvensis herberti · A. arvensis intermedia · A. arvensis japonica · A. arvensis lhamarum · A. arvensis lonnbergi · A. arvensis pekinensis · A. arvensis sierrae · A. bilopha · A. breviunguis · A. campestris · A. cheleensis · A. chrysolaema · A. chuana · A. codea · A. coelivox · A. conirostris · A. crocea · A. deva · A. dukhunensis · A. dulcivox · A. erythropygia · A. ferruginea · A. gulgula (Oriental Sky Lark) · A. gulgula australis · A. gulgula coelivox · A. gulgula gulgula (Oriental Sky Lark) · A. gulgula herberti · A. gulgula inconspicua · A. gulgula inopinata · A. gulgula lhamarum · A. gulgula sala · A. gulgula wattersi · A. gulgula weigoldi · A. gulgula wolfei · A. guttata · A. intermedia · A. isabellina · A. japonica · A. lagepa · A. leautungensis · A. liopus · A. melanocephala · A. nigricans · A. novaeseelandiae · A. peguensis · A. pekinensis · A. penicillata · A. planicola · A. praetermissa · A. razae (Raza Island Lark) · A. rufescens · A. ruficeps · A. sala · A. sinensis · A. triborhyncha · A. trivialis · A. wattersi

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 149.430 meters (490.256 feet), Standard Deviation = 228.590 based on 17,092 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-06-20