Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
About the Greater Short-toed Lark
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". It breeds in southern Europe, north-west Africa, and across the Palearctic from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia. During migration they form large, tight flocks that move in unison; at other times they form loose flocks.
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Similar species
- Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordiprofile
- Hume's Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostrisprofile
- Mongolian Short-toed LarkCalandrella dukhunensisprofile
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerearecording
- Rufous-capped LarkCalandrella eremicaprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.