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

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

Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri] (= Calandrella brachydactyla) (Leisler, JPA 1814)

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Leisler, JPA 1814)

Reference:
Ann. Wetterau. Gesell. Naturk. 3 p.357 pl.19

Protonym:
Alauda brachydactila

Type locality:
France and Italy = Montpellier, France.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
7E9BE5A5951348DE

Avibase ID:
avibase-7E9BE5A5

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7E9BE5A5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558980

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
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Source: Clements checklist

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

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Greater Short-toed, Mongolian, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Greater Short-toed, Mongolian, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Greater Short-toed, Mongolian, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla or blanfordi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla or blanfordi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Greater Short-toed, Syke's, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Greater Short-toed, Syke's, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Greater Short-toed, Syke's, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Greater Short-toed, Syke's, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Greater Short-toed, Syke's, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark ( Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri])
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Blanford's Lark ( Calandrella blanfordi) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Calandrella blanfordi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Calandrella [cinerea, brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi, eremica or erlangeri]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: القبرة قصيرة الاصبع
Asturian: Calandria Piqueña
Bulgarian: Късопръста чучулига
Bengali: বড় ভোঁতাভরত
Catalan: Terrerola vulgar
Catalan (Balears): Terrola
Czech: Skrivánek Blanforduv, skřivánek etiopský
Welsh: Ehedydd Llwyd
Danish: Korttået Lærke
German: Blanfordlerche, Kurzzehenlerche
Greek: Μικρογαλιάντρα
Greek (Cypriot): Τρασιηλούδα
English: Blanford's Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark, Greater Short-toed, Mongolian, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark, Greater Short-toed, Syke's, Blanford's or Erlanger's Lark, Short-toed Lark
Esperanto: mallongfingra alaûdo
Spanish: Terrera común, Terrera Grande
Estonian: välja-väikelõoke
Basque: Terrerola vulgar , Txoriandre arrunta
Finnish: Lyhytvarvaskiuru
Faroese: Eyrlerkur
French: Alouette calandrelle, Alouette calandrelle ou A. de Blanford, Alouette calandrelle, A. de Sykes, A. de Blanford ou A. d'Erlanger
Irish: Fuiseog Ladharghearr
Galician: calandriña común, Terrerola vulgar
Hebrew: עפרונן קצר-אצבעות
Croatian: Kratkoprsta Ševa
Hungarian: Sziki pacsirta
Armenian: Փոքր Առտույտ
Icelandic: Sandlævirki
Italian: Calandrella
Japanese (romaji): hime kōtenshi, Somariihimekoutenshi
Japanese: ヒメコウテンシ
Japanese (Kanji): 姫告天子
Kazakh: Малый жаворонок
Kazakh (Transliteration): kişi boz-torğay
Korean: 쇠종다리
Korean (Transliteration): soe-jongdari
Scientific: Alauda brachydactila, Alauda cinerea, Calandrella [brachydactyla or blanfordi], Calandrella [brachydactyla, blanfordi or erlangeri], Calandrella [brachydactyla, dukhunensis, blanfordi or erlangeri], Calandrella blanfordi, Calandrella blanfordi blanfordi, Calandrella brachydactyla, Calandrella brachydactyla brachydactyla, Calandrella cinerea, Calandrella cinerea cinerea, Tephrocorys blanfordi
Lithuanian: Didysis trumpapirštis vieversys, Trumpapirštis vieversys
Mongolian: Бялзуумар, Талын жиргэмэл
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠬᠣᠷ ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠪᠣᠭᠱᠣᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Охор хуруут богширго
Mongolian (Transliteration): byalzuumar, okhor khuruut bogshorg, taliŋ jireg mel
Dutch: Blanfords Leeuwerik, Kortteenleeuwerik
Norwegian: Blekdverglerke, Dverglerke
Polish: skowronczyk krótkopalcowy, skowrończyk krótkopalcowy, Skowrończyk szarawy, Skowronek krótkopalcowy
Pinyin: bái-méi, dà duǎn-zhǐ bǎi-líng, duǎn-zhǐ bǎi-líng, duǎn-zhǐ shā bǎi-líng
Portuguese: Calhandrinha-comum
Romansh: lodola detta curta
Romanian: Ciocârlie de stol
Russian: Малый жаворонок
Slovak: škovránka hnedkavá, škovránok krátkoprstý
Slovenian: kratkoprsti škrjanček
Albanian: Lauresha këmbshkurtër
Serbian: Kratkoprsta ševa
Swedish: Blanfordlärka, Korttålärka
Turkish: Bozkır Toygarı, Кіші бозторғай
Ukrainian: Жайворонок короткопалий
Chinese: 大短趾百灵, 布氏百灵, 白眉, 短趾沙百灵, 短趾百灵, 短趾百靈
Chinese (Traditional): 大短趾百靈, 白眉, 短趾沙百靈, 短趾百靈
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大短趾百靈
Chinese (Taiwan): 大短趾百灵