Calandra Lark
Melanocorypha calandra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyAlaudidae (Larks)
- GenusMelanocorypha (Black-necked Larks)
- SpeciesMelanocorypha calandra (Calandra Lark)
About the Calandra Lark
The calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra) or European calandra-lark breeds in warm temperate countries around the Mediterranean and eastwards through Turkey into northern Iran and southern Russia. It is replaced further east by its relative, the bimaculated lark.
The calandra lark was originally placed in the genus Alauda. The current genus name, Melanocorypha is from Ancient Greek melas, "black", and koruphos a term used by ancient writers for a now unknown bird, but here confused with korudos, "lark". "Calandra"' derives ultimately from kalandros the Ancient Greek name for this bird. The bimaculated lark is also sometimes termed as the calandra lark.
Four subspecies are recognized: Western calandra lark (M. c. calandra) - (Linnaeus, 1766): Found in southern Europe and north-western Africa to Turkey (except south-central and south-eastern Turkey), Transcaucasia and north-western Iran
Eastern calandra lark (M. c. psammochroa) - Hartert, 1904: Found from northern Iraq and northern Iran to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan M. c. gaza - Meinertzhagen, R, 1919: Originally described as a subspecies of the bimaculated lark. Found from eastern Syria... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Camargue
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
Skylark
Alauda arvensis
Woodlark
Lullula arborea
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France |