Species: Alauda arvensis

Sky Lark

Species

Birds

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Alaudidae

Genus

Alauda

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Source:
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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Alouette des champs

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Alaudidae - Alauda - (see AOU 1995).

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description

A small bird (lark).

Migration

true - true - true

Non-migrant

true

Locally Migrant

true

Food Comments

Feeds on seeds, grains, and small invertebrates (including: insects, spiders, earthworms, slugs, and millipedes) (Terres 1980).

Reproduction Comments

Clutch size 3-4. Incubation 11-12 days, by female. Nestlings altricial and downy, tended by both adults, leave nest about 9-10 days after hatching, may not fly until about 21 days old (Terres 1980).

Ecology Comments

During winter, gathers into feeding flocks that may include > 100 individuals.

Length

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-12-02

Global Status Last Changed

1996-12-02

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: British Isles, Scandinavia, northern Russia, and northern Siberia south to northwestern Africa, northern Mediterranean, Asia Minor, northern China, Korea, and Japan. NON-BREEDING: from breeding range south to northern Africa, Persian Gulf, and eastern China. INTRODUCED: established in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii (all main islands; most abundant on Hawaii, Maui, and Lanai), and British Columbia (Vancouver Island). Recently spread to mainland of British Columbia and to San Juan Islands, Washington (AOU 1983)

Global Range Code

Global Range Description

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

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