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Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The horned lark or shore lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found across the northern hemisphere. It is known as "horned lark" in North America and "shore lark" in Europe. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Eremophila
Scientific:
  Eremophila alpestris


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.166

Protonym:
  Alauda alpestris

Type locality:
  North America = coast of South Carolina.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/185/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  77AFF9B86BC9FEE3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-77AFF9B8

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/77AFF9B8


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554256

Geographic range:

  • Eremophila alpestris alpestris: Arctic northeastern Canada to Newfoundland; winters to coastal southeastern USA
  • Eremophila alpestris praticola: southeastern Canada to central and east-central USA
  • Eremophila alpestris hoyti: Arctic coast of North America to southern Canada; winters to northern USA
  • Eremophila alpestris giraudi: coastal prairie region of southeastern Texas (USA) to eastern Mexico (northeastern Tamaulipas)
  • Eremophila alpestris atlas: high plateaux of Morocco
  • Eremophila alpestris flava: northern Palearctic region
  • Eremophila alpestris brandti: steppes of central Asia to mountains of western Mongolia and northern China
  • Eremophila alpestris penicillata: mountains of Türkiye, the Caucasus, and western Iran
  • Eremophila alpestris kumerloevei: western and central Türkiye
  • Eremophila alpestris balcanica: southeastern Europe (Balkans)
  • Eremophila alpestris bicornis: western Türkiye (Taurus Mountains) to Lebanon and Palestine
  • Eremophila alpestris albigula: mountains of northern and eastern Iran to Pamirs, Afghanistan, and western China
  • Eremophila alpestris elwesi: western China (southern Qinghai and southern Tibet) to northern Sikkim
  • Eremophila alpestris longirostris: northwestern Himalayas
  • Eremophila alpestris khamensis: southwestern China (Kham region of western and southern Sichuan)
  • Eremophila alpestris przewalskii: western China (northwestern Qinghai)
  • Eremophila alpestris nigrifrons: western China (Kokonor to western Gansu)
  • Eremophila alpestris argalea: western China (far southwestern Xinjiang) to northwestern India (Kashmir to Ladakh)
  • Eremophila alpestris enertera: west-central Baja California and coastal islands south of Magdalena Bay
  • Eremophila alpestris chrysolaema: southern Mexican Plateau (Jalisco to Michoacán, Puebla, and Veracruz)
  • Eremophila alpestris diaphora: northeastern Mexico (southeastern Coahuila to southern Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, and northeastern Puebla)
  • Eremophila alpestris oaxacae: southern Mexico (eastern Oaxaca)
  • Eremophila alpestris aphrasta: northwestern Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango)
  • Eremophila alpestris lactea: northeastern Mexico (Coahuila)
  • Eremophila alpestris occidentalis: northern and central Arizona to north-central New Mexico; winters to northern Mexico
  • Eremophila alpestris arcticola: northern Alaska to mountains of British Columbia and northern Washington
  • Eremophila alpestris alpina: arctic-alpine summits of northwestern USA (mounts Rainier and St. Helens)
  • Eremophila alpestris leucolaema: southern Canada to southwestern USA and northwestern Texas; winters to northwestern Mexico
  • Eremophila alpestris enthymia: Great Plains of central Canada to central USA; winters to northern Mexico
  • Eremophila alpestris merrilli: east slope of Cascades and adjacent lowlands from British Columbia to northeastern California
  • Eremophila alpestris lamprochroma: southeastern Oregon to southwestern Idaho, northeastern California, and western Nevada
  • Eremophila alpestris utahensis: south-central Idaho to east-central Nevada and west-central Utah
  • Eremophila alpestris ammophila: desert of southwestern Nevada and southeastern California; winters to northwestern Mexico
  • Eremophila alpestris leucansiptila: Colorado Desert (southwestern Nevada, western Arizona, northeastern Baja California, and northwestern Sonora)
  • Eremophila alpestris strigata: humid coastal belt of southwestern British Columbia and northwestern USA west of the Cascades
  • Eremophila alpestris rubea: central California (Sacramento Valley)
  • Eremophila alpestris sierrae: mountains of northeastern California (southern Cascades and northern Sierra Nevada)
  • Eremophila alpestris actia: coastal range of California to northern Baja California
  • Eremophila alpestris insularis: Channel Islands (off southern California)
  • Eremophila alpestris adusta: southern Arizona (south of Tucson) to far southwestern New Mexico and northern Sonora
  • Eremophila alpestris peregrina: eastern Andes of Colombia
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English:
Horned Lark
Catalan:
Alosa banyuda
Czech:
skřivan ouškatý
Danish:
Bjerglærke
German:
Ohrenlerche
Spanish:
Alondra Cornuda
Spanish (Spain):
Alondra Cornuda
Finnish:
tunturikiuru
French:
Alouette hausse-col
Croatian:
Planinska ševa
Hungarian:
Fülespacsirta
Icelandic:
Fjallalævirki
Italian:
Allodola golagialla
Japanese (romaji):
hamahibari
Japanese:
ハマヒバリ
Lithuanian:
Raguotasis vieversys
Dutch:
Strand leeuwerik
Norwegian:
Fjellerke
Polish:
górniczek
Portuguese:
Cotovia-cornuda
Portuguese (Portugal):
Calhandra-cornuda
Russian:
Рогатый жаворонок
Slovak:
uškárik vrchovský
Serbian:
planinska ševa
Swedish:
Berglärka
Ukrainian:
Жайворонок рогатий
Chinese:
角百灵
Chinese (Traditional):
角百靈


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Horned Lark ( Eremophila alpestris)
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
Shore Lark ( Eremophila alpestris)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Alouette hausse-col ( Eremophila alpestris) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Eremophila [alpestris or teleschowi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Abkhazian: аУарӷанџь ХӘүыш , аУарӷанџьхәүыш
Afrikaans: Oorlewerik
Azerbaijani: alp buynuzluturağayı, alp torağayı, Buynuzlu torağay, dağ turağayı
Belarusian: Жаваранак рогаты, Жаўрук рагаты, Рагаты жаўрук
Bulgarian: Рогата чучулига, Ушата чучулига
Breton: An alc'hweder kornek
Catalan: Alosa banyuda, Calàndria comú
Valencian: Calàndria comú
Montenegrin: ušata ševa, ушата шева
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): ушата шева
Czech: Skrivan ouškatý, Skřivan ouškatý
Chuvash: мăйракаллă тăри, шăрăмкуç
Welsh: Ehedydd traeth, Ehedydd y traeth, Ehedydd y treath
Danish: Amerikansk bjerglærke, Bjerglærke
German: Amerikanische Ohrenlerche, Nordamerikanische Ohrenlerche, Ohrenlerche
Greek: Θαλασσοτρασιήλα, Χιονάδα
Greek (Cypriot): Θαλασσοτρασιήλα
English: Horned Lark, North-east Nearctic Horned Lark, Northern American shore lark, Shore Lark
English (United Kingdom): Shore Lark
Esperanto: Kornalaŭdo, montalaûdo , Montalaŭdo
Spanish: Alondra Cornuda, Alondra Cornuda Lapona
Spanish (Colombia): Alondra Cornuda
Spanish (Spain): Alondra Cornuda
Spanish (Mexico): Alondra Cornuda
Estonian: Sarviklõoke
Basque: Alosa banyuda
Evenki: dshifkán, нэрэнӈэрӣ, нэрэнӈэрӣ чивка̄ча̄н
Persian: چکاوک شاخدار
Finnish: Tunturikiuru
Faroese: Knavalerkur
French: Alouette cornue, Alouette de la Sibérie, Alouette haussecol, Alouette hausse-col, Alouette oreillarde
Frisian: Amerikaanske ljurk
Irish: Fuiseog Adharcach
Gaelic: Uiseag Dhubh
Galician: Alosa banyuda , Calandra cornuda norteamericana, Laverca cornuda
Manx: Fushag ny traieyn
Hebrew: צחיחנית החרמון, צחיחנית חרמון
Croatian: Američka planinska ševa, Planinska ševa
Hungarian: Fülespacsirta, Havasi fülespacsirta
Armenian: [Yeghjravor Artuyt ], Եղձրավոր Արտույտ, Եղջրավոր Արտույտ
Icelandic: Fjallalævirki
Italian: Allodola cornuta, Allodola golagialla, Allodola golagialla del Nordamerica
Inuktitut: Qutsissormiutaq, Tingodluktuk
Japanese (romaji): hama hibari, hamahibari, Hama-hibari
Japanese: ハマヒバリ
Japanese (Kanji): 浜雲雀
Georgian: რქიანი ტოროლა, რქოსანი ტოროლა
Kabardian: уэсхьэгуагуэ
Mongolian, Halh: шоорон алаг болжмор, шоорон эвэртболжмор
Kazakh: Құлақты бозторғай, мүыйзді бозторғай
Kazakh (Transliteration): qulaqtı boz-torğay
Greenlandic: Qutsissormiutaq, Tingodluktuk
Karachay-Balkar: къошкъаш торгъай, мюйюзлю торгъай
North Karelian: tunturikiuru
Cornish: Awhesyth treth
Kirghiz: кара каш, кара каш торгой
Scientific: Alauda alpestris, Alauda cornuta, Chionophila alpestris, Eremophila alpestris, Eremophila alpestris alpestris, Phileremos cornutus
Luxembourgish: Ouereléierchen
Lithuanian: Raguotasis vieversys
Latvian: Ausainais cīrulis
Macedonian: Планински (Ушлеста) чучулига
Mongolian: Шоорон алаг болжмор, Шоорон эвэртболжмор, эвэрт хайргацай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠡᠪᠡᠷᠲᠦ ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠷᠠᠭᠣᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠡᠪᠡᠷᠲᠦ ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠷᠠᠭᠣᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Эвэрт хайргацай
Mongolian (Transliteration): evert khairag tsai, evert khairagtsai, shooroŋ alag boljmor, shooroŋ evert-boljmor
Moldavian: Ciocârlie urecheată
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): atshentun
Maltese: Alwetta Safra
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): эвэрт хайргацай
Nepali: जुरे भारद्वाज
Dutch: Amerikaanse leeuwerik, Strand leeuwerik, Strandleeuwerik
Norwegian: Berglerke, Fjellerke
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): peldočiučoi
Polish: górniczek, górniczek (zwyczajny), Górniczek amerykański, Górniczek zwyczajny, Laverca
Pinyin: jiǎo bǎi-líng, lùdì bǎi-líng, tǔ huà-méi
Portuguese: cotovia cornuda, Cotovia-cornuda
Portuguese (Portugal): Calhandra-cornuda
Romansh: lodola puppenmellen
Rhaeto-Romance: Lodola cornada
Romanian: Ciocârlie urecheată
Russian: Жаворонок рогатый, Рогатый жаворонок, рюм
Yakut: муостаах күөрэгэй, хаас чыычааҕа
Scots: Uiseag dhubh
Northern Sami: Ruoššaállat
Slovak: Ékovránok ušatý, škovránok ušatý, škovránok ušatý (uškárik vrchovský), Ušárik vrchovský, Uškárik tmavý, Uškárik vrchovský
Slovenian: Ameriški uhati škrjanec, uhati škrjanec
Albanian: Lauresha me brirë
Serbian: Američka ušata ševa, planinska ševa, Ušata ševa, Планинска шева, Ушата (Планинска) шева, Ушата шева
Swedish: Berglärka
Turkmen: şahlyja torgaý
Turkish: Kulaklı toygar, kulakly toygar, Құлақты бозторғай
Tatar: мөгезле тургай
Tuvinian: Калдарак, Мыйыстыг хамнаарак
Udmurt: такъяѐ тюрагай, чуко тюрагай
Ukrainian: Жайворонок (рогатий) американський, Жайворонок рогатий , Рогатий жайворонок
Uzbek: қорақош тўрғай, шохли тўрғай
Chinese: [jiao bai-ling], [ludi bai-ling], 土画眉, 角百灵, 角百靈, 陆地百灵
Chinese (Traditional): 土畫眉, 角百靈, 陸地百靈

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