#0726 · 🐦 birds
Horned Lark
🇳🇱 Strandleeuwerik ·Eremophila alpestris
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what is it?
The horned lark ( Eremophila alpestris ), called the shore lark in Europe, is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family found across the northern hemisphere.
base stats
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 93 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 32,255 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Horned Lark
- Nederlands
- Strandleeuwerik
- scientific name
- Eremophila alpestris
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Alaudidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 93
- sightings in Europe
- 1,981
- sightings worldwide
- 32,255
- GBIF records in NL
- 24,917
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Alaudidae
#0658 📷 10Eurasian Skylark
🇳🇱 Veldleeuwerik
Alauda arvensis
LC 👀 256 in NL
#0660 📷 7Woodlark
🇳🇱 Boomleeuwerik
Lullula arborea
LC 👀 254 in NL
#0881 📷 10Crested Lark
🇳🇱 Kuifleeuwerik
Galerida cristata
LC 👀 7 in NL
#1003 📷 10Calandra Lark
🇳🇱 Kalanderleeuwerik
Melanocorypha calandra
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1008 📷 10Greater Short-toed Lark
🇳🇱 Kortteenleeuwerik
Calandrella brachydactyla
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1156 📷 7Thekla's Lark
🇳🇱 Thekla’s Leeuwerik
Galerida theklae
LC 🌍 6k seen
#1227 📷 8Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
🇳🇱 Kleine Kortteenleeuwerik
Alaudala rufescens
LC 🌍 710 seen
#1228 📷 10Turkestan Short-toed Lark
🇳🇱 Heines Kortteenleeuwerik
Alaudala heinei
LC 🌍 702 seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 7294, Wikidata Q207249, GBIF 9415596, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.