#1247 · 🐦 birds

White-winged Lark

🇳🇱 Witvleugelleeuwerik ·Alauda leucoptera

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Геннадий · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Андреенков Олег Владимирович · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Marina Nikonorova · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Алина Урусова · CC BY 4.0
6. © Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Dal'nekonstantinovskiy rayon, RU-NZ, RU:© Мария Ушакова · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Dal'nekonstantinovskiy rayon, RU-NZ, RU:© Логунова Юлия · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Тамбовский р-н, Тамбовская обл., Россия:© Дмитрий Еременко · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Dal'nekonstantinovskiy rayon, RU-NZ, RU:© Вячеслав Юсупов · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The white-winged lark ( Alauda leucoptera ) is a species of lark found from southern Ukraine through Kazakhstan to south-central Russia. It is partially migratory, with birds tending to move south in winter. The southernmost birds are mainly resident. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 199iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
199 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811 (215 years ago).