#1008 · 🐦 birds

Greater Short-toed Lark

🇳🇱 Kortteenleeuwerik ·Calandrella brachydactyla

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
4. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
5. © Mourad Harzallah · CC BY 4.0
6. Юж. р-н, Новороссийск, Краснодарский край, Россия:© Светлана Медведева · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Русский, Приморский край, Россия:© Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Туроча́кский район, Республика Алтай, RU:© rvorob1899 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Ganga, Rajasthan 345001, India:© amolmm · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Armenia:© Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The greater short-toed lark ( Calandrella brachydactyla ) is a small passerine bird. The current scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, Calandrella , is a diminutive of kalandros , the calandra lark, and brachydactila is from brakhus , "short", and daktulos , "toe".

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,745iNaturalist 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

Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
2,745 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler in 1814 (212 years ago).