Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri] (Red-capped, Greater or Mongolian Short-toed, Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark)

Red-capped, Greater or Mongolian Short-toed, Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark

Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri] (= Calandrella cinerea) (Gmelin, JF 1789)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Calandrella
Scientific:
  Calandrella cinerea

Original description

Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.798

Protonym:
Alauda cinerea

Type locality:
Barnaul, Siberia.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/299/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
0298D2974329D838

Avibase ID:
avibase-0298D297

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0298D297

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558982

Geographic range:

Calandrella brachydactyla brachydactyla: Mediterranean environs and islands
Calandrella brachydactyla [longipennis or orientalis]: breeds plains north of the Caucasus to Ukraine and eastward to northern Mongolia and northeastern China; winters Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern India
Calandrella brachydactyla rubiginosa: northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia); Malta
Calandrella brachydactyla hungarica: Hungary
Calandrella brachydactyla hermonensis: Sinai Peninsula to far southern Türkiye and eastern Syria
Calandrella brachydactyla woltersi: northwestern Syria and adjacent southern Türkiye
Calandrella brachydactyla artemisiana: Türkiye, Transcaucasia, and northwestern Iran
Calandrella dukhunensis: breeds in central and eastern Mongolia, and possibly in adjacent China; reported in China eastward to Liaoning, but breeding in China is not confirmed, and most or all records may refer to migrants; migrant also in northern Myanmar; winters in central and southern India
Calandrella blanfordi: Eritrea and northern Ethiopia
Calandrella eremica eremica: southwestern Arabia
Calandrella eremica daaroodensis: northern and central Somalia
Calandrella erlangeri: highlands of Ethiopia
Calandrella cinerea cinerea {cinerea, witputzi, anderssoni}: southern Namibia and western South Africa
Calandrella cinerea cinerea (alluvia): coastal southern Mozambique; disperses inland to northern Botswana
Calandrella cinerea millardi: southern Botswana
Calandrella cinerea williamsi: southern Kenya and northern Tanzania
Calandrella cinerea saturatior: Democratic Republic of the Congo eastward to Uganda and western Tanzania, south of Angola (except for the northwest and south), northern Zambia, and Malawi
Calandrella cinerea fulvida: southern Angola, southern Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Calandrella cinerea rufipecta: central Nigeria (Jos Plateau)
Calandrella cinerea spleniata: southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia
Calandrella cinerea niveni: eastern South Africa
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-capped, Greater or Mongolian Short-toed, Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark
French:
Alouette cendrille, A. calandrelle, A. de Sykes, A. de Blanford, A. de Peters ou A. d'Erlanger

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-capped, Greater or Mongolian Short-toed, Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-capped, Greater or Mongolian Short-toed, Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-capped, Greater or Mongolian Short-toed, Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea or brachydactyla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea or brachydactyla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Clements 3rd edition: Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella cinerea) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Calandrella cinerea [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Rooikoplewerik
Arabic: القبرة قصيرة الاصبع
Azerbaijani: Kiçik torağay
Belarusian: Жаваранак малы
Bulgarian: Късопръста чучулига
Breton: Ar c'hodioac'h-tevenn
Catalan: Terrerola vulgar
Czech: Skrivánek Gmelinuv, skřivánek rudotemenný
Welsh: Ehedydd llwyd
Danish: Korttået Lærke, Rødisset Lærke
German: Kurzzehenlerche, Rotkappenlerche, Rotscheitellerche
Greek: Μικρογαλιάντρα
English: Greater Short-toed Lark, Redcapped Lark, Red-capped Lark, Red-capped, Greater or Mongolian Short-toed, Blanford's, Rufous-capped or Erlanger's Lark, Red-capped, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark, Red-capped/Greater Short-toed Lark, Short-toed Lark
Esperanto: mallongfingra alaûdo , Mallongfingra alaŭdo
Spanish: Terrera Común
Estonian: punapea-väikelõoke, välja-väikelõoke
Basque: Txoriandre arrunta
Finnish: Lyhytvarvaskiuru, Punalakkikiuru
Faroese: Eyrlerkur
French: Alouette calandre, Alouette calandrelle, Alouette cendrille, Alouette cendrille ou A. calandrelle, Alouette cendrille, A. calandrelle, A. de Sykes, A. de Blanford, A. de Peters ou A. d'Erlanger, Alouette cendrille/calandrelle, Alouette grosse
Irish: Fuiseog Ladharghearr
Galician: Calandriña
Hebrew: עפרונן קצר אצבעות, עפרונן קצר עצבאות, עפרונן קצר עצבאותp, עפרונן קצר־אצבעות, עפרונן קצר-אצבעות
Croatian: Kratkoprsta ševa, Mala Ševa, Ševa čevrljužica
Hungarian: Sziki pacsirta
Armenian: Փոքր Արտույտ
Icelandic: Sandlævirki
Italian: Calandrella
Japanese (romaji): himekoutenshi, hime-koutenshi
Japanese: アフリカヒメコウテンシ, ヒメコウテンシ
Georgian: პატარა ტოროლა
Kazakh: Кіші бозторғай, Тењбілтєс бозторғай
Korean: 쇠종다리
Scientific: Alauda cinerea, Calandrella [cinerea or brachydactyla], Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, blanfordi or erlangeri], Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri], Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri], Calandrella cinerea, Calandrella cinerea cinerea
Lithuanian: Rudakuodis vieversys
Latvian: Blāvais sīkcīrulis
Macedonian: Краткоопашеста (Мала) чучулига
Mongolian: Бялзуумар
Maltese: Bilbla
Dutch: Kortteenleeuwerik, Roodkapleeuwerik
Norwegian: Dveglerke, Dverglerke, Rustdverglerke
Polish: Skowrończyk krótkopalcowy, skowronczyk rdzawolbisty, skowrończyk rdzawołbisty
Portuguese: Calhandrinha de barrete vermelho, Calhandrinha-comum, Calhandrinha-de-barrete-vermelho
Romansh: Lodola detta curta
Russian: Жаворонок малый, Короткопалый жаворонок, Короткопалый жаворонок - Малый жав..., Малый жаворонок
Slovak: Ékovránok červenotemenný, škovránka ciapockatá
Slovenian: kratkoprsti škrjanček
Albanian: Drenja e përhimtë
Serbian: kratkoprsta ševa, Краткопрста шева
Sotho, Southern: Thesta-balisana
Swedish: Korttålärka, Rödkronad lärka
Swahili: Kipozamataza Kibenzi-chekundu
Turkish: Bozkır toygarı, kızıl tepeli toygar, Kızıl-tepeli Toygar
Tuvinian: Бичии хамнаарак
Ukrainian: Жайворонок малий , Малий жайворонок
Xhosa: Intibane
Chinese: [da duan-zhi bai-ling], [duan-zhi bai-ling], [duan-zhi sha bai-ling], 大短趾百灵, 短趾沙百灵, 短趾百灵, 短趾百靈, 红顶短趾百灵
Chinese (Traditional): 短趾沙百靈
Zulu: umNtoli