#0658 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Skylark

🇳🇱 Veldleeuwerik ·Alauda arvensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
2. © Mikhail Ezdakov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
5. © yury-redkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
7. Kampenweg, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, NL:© ppdevries · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. De Waal, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 2161 AL Lisse, Netherlands:© Subir B. Shakya · CC BY 4.0
10. Oosterend, Niederlande:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Eurasian skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) is a small passerine bird species. It is a wide-spread species found across Europe and Asia with introduced populations in many other parts of the world. The genus name is from the Latin alauda , "lark". Pliny thought the word was originally of Celtic origin. The specific arvensis is also Latin, and means "of the field".

base stats

NL sightings 256iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 38,952iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).