Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Eurasian Skylark
The Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alaudidae (Larks) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Alauda arvensis
- Family
- Alaudidae (Larks)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eurasian Skylark
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 11 subspecies for this species.
- Alauda arvensis arvensis
- Alauda arvensis sierrae
- Alauda arvensis harterti
- Alauda arvensis cantarella
- Alauda arvensis armenica
- Alauda arvensis dulcivox
- Alauda arvensis kiborti
- Alauda arvensis intermedia
- Alauda arvensis pekinensis
- Alauda arvensis lonnbergi
- Alauda arvensis japonica
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Europe = Sweden ex Fn. Svec, and restricted to Uppsala by Meinertzhagen, 1951, p. 128.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.165
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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