Larks (Alaudidae)
Woodlark (Lullula arborea) - HBW 9, p. 600
French: Alouette lulu
German: Heidelerche
Spanish: Alondra Totovía
Taxonomy: Alauda arborea Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Genus possibly better merged with Alauda, as structural and behavioural differences between the two probably insufficient to justify splitting them. Yellow-tinged (fresh plumage) birds from Romania described as race flavescens and similar but marginally smaller ones from Crete as wettsteini, both regarded as indistinguishable from pallida. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- arborea ( Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds from S Fennoscandia, S Britain, France and N Iberia E to W Russia, Ukraine, N Italy and N Balkans.
- pallida ( Zarudny, 1902) - S Europe and NW Africa E (including larger Mediterranean islands) to Turkey, Caucasus, Levant (S to N Israel), Iran and SW Turkmenistan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird walking on sand Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp arborea)
Julien Rochefort 25 March 2007 6 years ago 43 sec 4.8 -
A bird on the ground, walking Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp arborea)
Julien Rochefort 25 March 2007 6 years ago 40 sec 4.6 -
Singing male Locality Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (ssp arborea)
Alain Fossé 2 July 2009 3 years ago 20 sec 4.6 -
A male perched on a pole, singing Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp arborea)
Julien Rochefort 25 March 2007 6 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch. Locality Veluwezoom National Park, Gelderland Province, Netherlands (ssp arborea)
Yoel Jimenez 20 June 2012 36 weeks ago 42 sec 4 -
woodlark calling from the ground before flying into a tree Locality Budby Heath, Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
chrisjohnson 2 July 2010 2 years ago 1 min 48 sec 3.7
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Adult male, Breeding
Locality Huis ter Heide, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (ssp arborea)
Paul Cools 6 March 2008 30 weeks ago 4.5 -
on a rock
Locality Wadi Meitzar, Golan Heights, Israel (ssp pallida)
Lior Kislev 1 May 2011 2 years ago 4.5 -
on a rock
Locality Wadi Meitzar, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 1 May 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Adult male
Locality Huis ter Heide, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (ssp arborea)
Paul Cools 4 April 2009 23 weeks ago 4.2 -
Wood lark, eating a fly on an oak tree branch, La Cañada, Avila, Spain.
Locality Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 31 May 2008 4 years ago 3.6 -
woodlark
Locality Driesbeekvallei, Merelbeke, East Flanders Province, Belgium
Filip Verbelen 1 January 2010 45 weeks ago 3.5
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A male singing. Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(ssp arborea)
Julien Rochefort 8 February 2008 4 years ago 4.8 -
A male singing from an olive grove Locality Kazdaği (Mount Ida) National Park, Turkey
(ssp pallida)
Stuart Fisher 21 June 2008 3 years ago 4
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