#1227 · 🐦 birds

Mediterranean Short-toed Lark

🇳🇱 Kleine Kortteenleeuwerik ·Alaudala rufescens

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The lesser short-toed lark ( Alaudala rufescens ) is a small passerine bird found in southern Eurasia and northern Africa. It is a common bird with a very wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern". Confusingly, Hume's short-toed lark is also sometimes called the lesser short-toed lark.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 710iNaturalist 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.
710 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1819 (207 years ago).