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Crested or Maghreb Lark

Galerida cristata (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The crested lark is a species of lark widespread across Eurasia and northern Africa. It is a non-migratory bird, but can occasionally be found as a vagrant in Great Britain. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Galerida
Scientific:
  Galerida cristata

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.166

Protonym:
  Alauda cristata

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727073

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  21ADC3ED8E24C1C9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-21ADC3ED

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/21ADC3ED

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560129

Geographic range:

  • Galerida cristata cristata: C Europe to Slovenia, Belarus, n Hungary, n Ukraine
  • Galerida cristata pallida: Iberian Peninsula
  • Galerida cristata kleinschmidti: NW Morocco (e to Rif Mts. and s to Middle Atlas)
  • Galerida cristata neumanni: Italy (Toscana s to Rome area)
  • Galerida cristata apuliae: S peninsular Italy and Sicily
  • Galerida cristata meridionalis: southwestern and southern Balkans, Ionian Islands (western Greece), Crete, and western Anatolian Turkey
  • Galerida cristata cypriaca: Kárpathos, Rhodes and Cyprus
  • Galerida cristata tenuirostris: E Hungary and Romania to s Russia and w Kazakhstan
  • Galerida cristata caucasica: E Aegean Is., n Turkey, s Caucasus and w Transcaucasia
  • Galerida cristata riggenbachi: W Morocco (Casablanca to Sous Valley)
  • Galerida cristata carthaginis: Coastal ne Morocco to n Tunisia (e to Sousse)
  • Galerida cristata arenicola: NE Algerian Sahara to s Tunisia and nw Libya
  • Galerida cristata helenae: SE Algeria and immediately adjacent sw Libya
  • Galerida cristata festae: Coastal ne Libya (Benghazi to Tobruq)
  • Galerida cristata nigricans: N Egypt (Nile Delta)
  • Galerida cristata maculata: Egypt (Nile Valley from Cairo to Aswan and El Faiyum)
  • Galerida cristata halfae: Egypt (Nile Valley s of Aswan) to extreme n Sudan (Wadi Halfa)
  • Galerida cristata brachyura: NE Libya to coastal n Egypt, n Sinai, n Saudi Arabia and s Iraq
  • Galerida cristata cinnamomina: W Lebanon (w from Beirut) and nw Israel (Mt. Carmel and Haifa)
  • Galerida cristata zion: S Turkey, Syria, e Lebanon, and e Israel (s to Jerusalem)
  • Galerida cristata subtaurica: C Turkey to s Transcaucasia, nw Iran, w Turkmenistan and e Iraq
  • Galerida cristata magna: S Kazakhstan to e Mongolia and n China (Inner Mongolia)
  • Galerida cristata iwanowi: C Turkmenistan to Iran, Tadjikistan, Afghanistan and nw Pakistan
  • Galerida cristata alexanderi: N Nigeria to w Sudan and ne Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Galerida cristata altirostris: E Sudan (e of Nile Valley) and Eritrea
  • Galerida cristata tardinata: S Arabia
  • Galerida cristata chendoola: Foothills of s Kashmir to e Pakistan, w and n India and s Nepal
  • Galerida cristata coreensis: Korea
  • Galerida cristata leautungensis: Manchuria and ne China
  • Galerida cristata lynesi: N Kashmir (Gilgit Valley)
  • Galerida cristata balsaci: Coastal Mauritania
  • Galerida cristata senegallensis: S Mauritania, Senegambia and Guinea-Bissau to Niger
  • Galerida cristata jordansi: N Niger (Aïr Mts.)
  • Galerida cristata isabellina: C Sudan (Kordofan to Nile Valley)
  • Galerida cristata somaliensis: N Somalia, s Ethiopia and n Kenya
  • Galerida cristata macrorhyncha: S Morocco and nw Algeria s of Atlas Saharien to w-c Mauritania
  • Galerida cristata randonii: Hauts Plateaux of e Morocco and nw Algeria
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Crested or Maghreb Lark
German:
Haubenlerche
Spanish:
Cogujada común
Finnish:
töyhtökiuru
French:
Cochevis huppé
Croatian:
Kukmasta Ševa
Hungarian:
Búbos pacsirta
Icelandic:
Topplævirki
Italian:
Cappellaccia
Japanese (romaji):
kanmurihibari
Japanese:
カンムリヒバリ
Lithuanian:
Kuoduotasis vieversys
Dutch:
Kuifleeuwerik
Portuguese:
Cotovia-de-poupa
Ukrainian:
Посмітюха звичайна
Chinese:
凤头百灵
Chinese (Traditional):
鳳頭百靈

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Crested or Maghreb Lark ( Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cochevis huppé ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cochevis huppé ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Crested/Maghreb Lark ( Galerida cristata/macrorhyncha)
eBird version 2017:
Crested/Maghreb Lark ( Galerida cristata/macrorhyncha)
eBird version 2018:
Crested/Maghreb Lark ( Galerida cristata/macrorhyncha)
eBird version 2019:
Crested/Maghreb Lark ( Galerida cristata/macrorhyncha)
eBird version 2021:
Crested/Maghreb Lark ( Galerida cristata/macrorhyncha)
eBird version 2022:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Galerida cristata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Galerida cristata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Galerida cristata [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Galerida cristata [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Arabic: القبّرة المتوجة, القبرة, القبرة القوبعة, القبرة المتوجة, القوبعة
Asturian: Capelluda común/magrebí, Crestellina
Azerbaijani: Kəkili torağayı
Belarusian: Жаваранак чубаты, Жаўрук-смяцюх
Bulgarian: Качулата / Дългоклюна качулата чучулига, Качулата чучулига
Breton: Ar c'hogenneg kuch
Catalan: cogullada comuna, Cogullada comuna/macrorhyncha, Cogullada vulgar, Oroneta cua-blanca
Valencian: Oroneta cua-blanca
Czech: Chocholouš obecný, chocholouš obecný/maghrebský
Welsh: Ehedydd copog
Danish: Toplærke, Toplærke/Maghreb Lærke
German: Hauben-/Maghreblerche, Haubenlerche
Greek: Κατσουλιέρης, Κατσουλιέρης/Κατσουλιέρης του Μαγκρέμπ
Greek (Cypriot): Σκορταλλός
Emiliano-romagnolo: Rundanéna
English: Common Crested-Lark, Crested Lark, Crested or Maghreb Lark, Crested/Maghreb Lark
English, HBW: Crested Lark
English (IOC): Crested/Maghreb Lark
English (United States): Crested/Maghreb Lark
Esperanto: tufalaûdo
Spanish: Cagujada Común, Cogujada Comun, Cogujada común, Cogujada Común/Magrebí, Cojugada Común
Spanish (Spain): Cogujada Común/Magrebí
Spanish (HBW): Cogujada común
Estonian: Tuttlõoke
Basque: Cogullada vulgar , Kutturlio arrunt, Kutturlio arrunta
Finnish: Töyhtökiuru, Työhtökiuru
Faroese: Topplerkur
French: Alouette cochevis, Cochevis huppé, Cochevis huppé ou C. du Maghreb
Galician: Andoriña de cú branco, Cogullada vulgar , Cotovía cristada, Cotovía cristada/bérber
Manx: Ushag happagh
Hebrew: עפרוני מצוייץ, עפרוני מצויץ, עפרוני מצויץ/מגרב
Croatian: Kukmasta Ševa, Kukuljava ševa
Hungarian: Búbos pacsirta, Búbospacsirta
Armenian: [Pupulavor Artuyt ], Փուփուլավոր Արտույտ
Icelandic: Topplævirki
Italian: Capellaccia, Cappellaccia, Cappellaccia comune
Japanese (romaji): kammurihibari, kanmuri hibari, kanmurihibari, Kanmuri-hibari, kanmurihibari/maguribuhibari
Japanese: カンムリヒバリ, カンムリヒバリ/マグリブヒバリ
Japanese (Kanji): 冠雲雀
Georgian: ქოჩორა ტოროლა
Kazakh: Айдарлы бозторғай, Қала қарлығашы
Kazakh (Transliteration): aydarlı boz-torğay
Korean: 뿔종다리
Korean (Transliteration): ppul-jongdari
Scientific: Alauda cristata, Galerida [cristata or macrorhyncha], Galerida cristata, Galerida cristata cristata, Galerida cristata/macrorhyncha, Heterops cristatus
Luxembourgish: Hauweléierchen
Ligurian: Çeneento
Lithuanian: Kuoduotasis vieversys
Latvian: Cekulainais cīrulis, Parastais cekulcīrulis
Macedonian: Цуцул, Цуцулеста чучулига
Mongolian: Согсоот божирго, Согсоот болжмор, Хайргацай болжмор
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠦᠪᠦᠭᠲᠦ ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠷᠠᠭᠣᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Өвөгт хайргацай
Mongolian (Transliteration): khairag tsai boljmor, övögt khairag tsai, övögt khairagtsai, sogsoot bojireg , sogsoot boljmor
Maltese: Cuqlajta tat-Toppu, Ċuqlajta tat-Toppu
Nepali: जुरे भारद्वाज
Dutch: Kuifleeuwerik
Norwegian: Topplerke, topplerke/maghrebtopplerke
Polish: dzierlatka, dzierlatka (zwyczajna), Dzierlatka zwyczajna, dzierlatka zwyczajna/długodzioba, Skowronczyk krótkopalcowy, Skowrończyk krótkopalcowy
Pinyin: ā-lán, dà ā-lè, fèng-tóu, fèng-tóu bǎi-líng
Portuguese: cotovia de poupa, Cotovia-de-poupa
Portuguese (Portugal): Cotovia-de-poupa/Cotovia-do-magreb, cotovia-de-poupa/cotovia-magrebina
Romansh: Lodola da la cresta
Romanian: Ciocârlan
Russian: Khokhlaty Zhavoronok, Жаворонок хохлатый, Рогатый жаворонок, Хохлатый жаворонок, Хохлатый/Магрибский жаворонок
Slovak: Pipíška chochlatá, pipíška chochlatá/atlaská
Slovenian: copasti škrjanec, čopasti škrjanec
Albanian: Çerdhukull, Dervishi, Lauresha me napkë
Serbian: cubasta ševa, ćubasta ševa, Ćubasta ševa/dugokljuna ćubasta ševa, Ћубаста шева, Чубаста шева
Swedish: Tofslärka, tofslärka/maghreblärka
Swahili: Kipozamataza Kishungi, Suzanne
Turkish: Tepeli Tarla Kuşu, Tepeli toygar, Tepeli/Mağrip tepeli toygarı, Айдарлы бозторғай
Tuvinian: Yвүргей хамнаарак
Ukrainian: Посмітюха, Посмітюха звичайна, Чубатий жайворонок
Chinese: [a-lan], [feng-tou bai-ling], 凤头百灵, 大阿勒, 阿兰, 风头, 鳳頭百靈
Chinese (Traditional): 大阿勒, 阿蘭, 鳳頭, 鳳頭百靈

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