Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Larks :: Eurasian Skylark

Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Sky Lark, Common Skylark, Skylark, European Skylark, Northern Skylark, Japanese Skylark
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 11, 2002 © William Hull  Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 11, 2002 © William Hull  Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 11, 2002 © William Hull  England - Date unknown © Andy Bright  Salines de Guérande, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de La Loire, France - Jul 10, 2002 © Alain Fossé 
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Range

Europe and n. Africa to e. Asia;
(1) Nw. Europe (Faeroe Is., n. and w. Scotland, Ireland, and nw. England).
Introduced to New Zealand, Australia (se. South Australia, Victoria and se. New South Wales and Tasmania), and Hawaii.
(2) N., w. and c. Europe e. to nw. and c. Russia on the w. slope of the Ural Mountains.
Introduced to w. Canada (Vancouver Is., Saanich Peninsula, Victoria, British Columbia), the United States (American Camp, San Juan Island, Washington and Hawaiian Islands), and Hawaii.
(3) Nw. Spain and n. Portugal.
(4) S. Portugal, c. and s. Spain. Azores.
(5) S. Europe from ne. Spain e. including Mediterranean islands to c. and n. Turkey and the Caucasus (Iran).
(6) W. North Africa in the mountains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and nw. Libya.
(7) Se. Turkey, Lebanon, and Transcaucasia e. to n. Iran.
(8) Se. European Russia and w. Siberia s. to n. Kazakhstan, n. Afghanistan, nw. China (Xinjiang) and sw. Mongolia.
Winters s. to n. India.
(9) Nc. Siberia from the basin of the Vilyuy River basin and middle Lena River e. to Kolyma River basin and s. to ne. China (ne. Manchuria) and n. Korea.
(10) Altai Mountains e. to Transbaikalia, n. and e. Mongolia and ne. China (nw. Manchuria).
(11) Ne. Siberia from upper Indigirka River e. to Koryakland and s. to Kamchatka and n. Kuril Is.
(12) N. Sakhalin Is. and Shantar Is. In the sw. Sea of Okhotsk. Possibly also in the lower Amur River basin.
(13) S. Sakhalin Is., s. Kuril Is., Japan (Hokkaido, Sado, Honshu and Kyushu).
Winters s. to the Ryukyu Is.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Telpost Parnassia
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Avisoft
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Biological Research Information Center, BRIC of Korea
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Jeff Blincows Sound Gallery
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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