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 on a rock Locality Colmenar del Arroyo, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 May 2013 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 57 sec 4.7 -
A male perched on a pole, singing Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp arborea)
Julien Rochefort 25 March 2007 6 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
Singing male Locality Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (ssp arborea)
Alain Fossé 2 July 2009 3 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A bird on the ground, walking Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp arborea)
Julien Rochefort 25 March 2007 6 years ago 40 sec 4.3 -
A bird walking on sand Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp arborea)
Julien Rochefort 25 March 2007 6 years ago 43 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch. Locality Veluwezoom National Park, Gelderland Province, Netherlands (ssp arborea)
Yoel Jimenez 20 June 2012 40 weeks ago 42 sec 3.9 -
looking around and flying Locality Veluwezoom National Park, Gelderland Province, Netherlands (ssp arborea)
Daniêl Jimenez 20 June 2012 37 weeks ago 42 sec 3.6 -
A bird singing Locality Puerto de La Morcuera, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 June 2010 2 years ago 45 sec 3.5 -
An adult carrying food and occasionally calling near its nest site Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain (ssp arborea)
Greg Baker 2 June 1994 2 years ago 44 sec 3.3 -
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 3.3 -
A bird singing Locality Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp arborea)
Eric Roualet 7 April 2012 1 year ago 45 sec 3.2 -
A bird seen from behind, singing Locality Puerto de La Morcuera, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 June 2010 2 years ago 35 sec 3 -
A bird in a meadow Locality Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 February 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 3 -
A bird on a wire calling Locality Limousin, France (ssp arborea)
Eric Roualet 24 July 2006 4 years ago 15 sec 3 -
Two birds on the ground, feeding Locality Kelling Heath, Norfolk, England, Great Britain (ssp arborea)
Richard Johnson 29 March 2004 6 years ago 41 sec 2.6 -
A bird preening in a tree Locality Limousin, France (ssp arborea)
Eric Roualet 31 July 2005 7 years ago 23 sec 2.3
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