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The seed scattered for the finches and buntings also provided a timely snack for the territorial Skylarks...
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English Eurasian Skylark
Scientific (Alauda arvensis)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Alaudidae
Family (English) Larks
Other name(s) Sky Lark, Alouette des champs, Skylark
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions n AF
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belarus, Belgium,Bermuda,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Chad,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark, Egypt,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar,Greece,Hungary,India - mainland, Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Malta,Mauritania,Moldova, Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Netherlands,New Zealand,North Korea,Norway,Oman,Pakistan, Palestine,Poland,Portugal,Qatar,Romania,Russia,San Marino,Saudi Arabia,Serbia,Slovakia, Slovenia,South Korea,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Tajikistan,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan, Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,United States - Alaska,United States - Hawaii,Uzbekistan,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
arvensis n, w, c Europe
lonnbergi n Sakhalin I.
pekinensis ne Siberia, Kamchatka Pen. and Kuril Is.
intermedia nc Siberia to ne China and Korean Pen.
kiborti s Siberia, n, e Mongolia and ne China
dulcivox se European Russia and w Siberia to nw China and sw Mongolia
armenica se Turkey to Iran
cantarella s Europe from ne Spain to Turkey and the Caucasus
harterti nw Africa
sierrae Portugal, c, s Spain
japonica s Sakhalin I., s Kuril Is., Japan and Ryukyu Is.
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Linnaeus, 1758
German Feldlerche
French Alouette des champs
Chinese 云雀
Japanese ヒバリ
Russian Полевой жаворонок
Spanish Alondra común
Portuguese laverca-eurasiática
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)