Larks (Alaudidae)
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
French: Alouette calandre German: Kalanderlerche Spanish: Calandria Común
Other common names: European Calandra Lark
Taxonomy:
Alauda calandra Linnaeus, 1766, Pyrenees, Spain-France border.
Geographical variation rather slight, and small clinal increase in size from W to E. Described race dathei (from SE Turkey) considered synonymous with gaza. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- calandra (Linnaeus, 1766) - Iberia and S France E to S Russia and NW Kazakhstan, S (including Mediterranean islands of Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus) to NW Africa (N Morocco E to NW Libya), Turkey (except SC & SE), Transcaucasia and NW Iran.
- hebraica Meinertzhagen, 1920 - SC Turkey and adjacent NW Syria S to Israel, Palestine and W Jordan.
- gaza Meinertzhagen, 1919 - SE Turkey, E Syria, Iraq and SW Iran.
- psammochroa Hartert, 1904 - N Iraq and N Iran (Zagros Mts E to Khorasan) E to Turkmenistan and E Kazakhstan.
- Least Concern
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A detail of the head, body, wing and tail of a bird in hand Carmona, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain (calandra)
Alex García 26 April 2007 1 year ago 21 sec 4.7 -
A bird drinking, carrying a tick on its left foot Jaulín, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (calandra)
Jesús Laborda 7 July 2007 2 years ago 48 sec 4.4 -
A bird in top of a tree, singing Kteni, Kozani, Greece (calandra)
Paschalis Dougalis 7 May 2006 3 years ago 45 sec 4 -
A bird singing from top of a tree Kteni, Kozani, Greece (calandra)
Paschalis Dougalis 7 May 2006 3 years ago 33 sec 3.7 -
A close-up of a bird singing Kteni, Kozani, Greece (calandra)
Paschalis Dougalis 7 May 2006 3 years ago 36 sec 3.7 -
A bird on a rock Catalonia, Spain (calandra)
Christian Dortu 30 April 1999 4 years ago 19 sec 2.4
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Chicks just hatched in their nest. Buzachi Peninsula, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (calandra)
Christophe Gouraud 10 May 2009 23 weeks ago 4 -
An adult observing from a rock Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo Region, Portugal
Jose Viana 21 May 2008 31 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult singing in a rock Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo Region, Portugal
Jose Viana 23 April 2009 31 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult perched on the bush. Tamlelt, Figuig Province, Morocco (calandra)
Christophe Gouraud 12 February 2009 23 weeks ago 3 -
A bird singing from a perch. La Rioja, Spain (calandra)
Dc.Owl 24 May 2008 1 year ago 2.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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