Galerida cristata [cristata] (Crested Lark)

Crested Lark

Galerida cristata [cristata] (= Galerida cristata 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 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:
FC79EB47AF9F3925

Avibase ID:
avibase-FC79EB47

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FC79EB47

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 923020

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
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Crested Lark
French:
Cochevis huppé [cristata]
Japanese (romaji):
kanmurihibari (cristata guru-pu)
Japanese:
カンムリヒバリ (cristata グループ)
Dutch:
Kuifleeuwerik

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata [cristata])
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Clements, version 2021: Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Crested Lark ( Galerida cristata) [version 1]
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Galerida cristata

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Related taxa

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Other related concepts

Galerida [cristata x theklae] (hybrid)
Galerida [cristata, macrorhyncha or theklae] (taxon group)
Galerida [cristata, excl. macrorhyncha or malabarica] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аУарӷанџьуарбыб, аУарбыб
Afrikaans: Kuiflewerik
Arabic: القبرة, قبرة متوجة
Asturian: Capelluda común, Crestellina
Azerbaijani: Kəkili torağayı, Kəkilli torağay
Bashkir: бүрекле һабан турғайы
Belarusian: Жаўрук-смяцюх
Bulgarian: Качулата чучулига
Breton: Ar c'hogenneg kuch, Kogenneg-kuch
Catalan: Cogullada comuna, Cogullada vulgar
Valencian: Oroneta cua-blanca
Montenegrin: ćubasta ševa, ћубаста шева
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): ћубаста шева
Czech: Chocholouš obecný
Chuvash: тĕпеклĕ тăри
Welsh: Ehedydd copog
Danish: Toplærke
German: Haubenlerche
Greek: Κατσoυλιέρης, Κατσουλιέρης, Σκορταλλός
Greek (Cypriot): Σκορταλλός
Emiliano-romagnolo: Rundanéna
English: Cogujada común [Grupo cristata], Crested Lark, Crested Lark (Crested)
English, HBW: Crested Lark (Crested)
English (IOC): Crested Lark
English (Kenya): Crested Lark
English (United States): Crested Lark
Esperanto: tufalaûdo , Tufalaŭdo
Spanish: Cogujada Común
Spanish (Spain): Cogujada Común
Spanish (HBW): Cogujada común [Grupo cristata]
Estonian: Tuttlõoke
Basque: Kutturlio arrunt, Kutturlio arrunta
Persian: چکاوک کاکلی
Finnish: Töyhtökiuru
Faroese: Topplerkur
French: Cochevis huppé, Cochevis huppé (cristata), Cochevis huppé [cristata]
Friulian: lodule cjapelote
Frisian: Túfljurk
Irish: Fuiseog chíríneach
Gaelic: Uiseag thopach
Galician: Cotovía cristada
Manx: Ushag happagh, Ushag vooar-happagh
Hebrew: עפרוני מצוייץ, עפרוני מצויץ
Croatian: Kukmasta Ševa
Hungarian: Búbos pacsirta, Búbospacsirta
Armenian: Փուփուլավոր Արտույտ
Icelandic: Topplævirki
Italian: Cappellaccia, Cappellaccia comune
Japanese (romaji): kanmuri hibari, kanmurihibari, kanmurihibari (cristata guru-pu)
Japanese: カンムリヒバリ, カンムリヒバリ (cristata グループ)
Japanese (Kanji): 冠雲雀
Georgian: ქოჩორა ტოროლა
Kara-Kalpak: пошша торғай
Kabardian: бзухьэгуагуэ, хьэгуагуэ
Mongolian, Halh: божирго, согсоот божирго, согсоот болжмор, хайргацай
Kazakh: айдарлы боз торғай, Айдарлы бозторғай
Kazakh (Transliteration): aydarlı boz-torğay
Korean: 뿔종다리
Korean (Transliteration): ppul-jongdari
Karachay-Balkar: чюйкебаш
North Karelian: höyhtökiuru
Kirghiz: молдо торгой, топулуу торгой
Scientific: Alauda cristata, Galerida cristata, Galerida cristata [cristata Group], Galerida cristata [cristata], Galerida cristata cristata
Luxembourgish: Hauweléierchen
Ligurian: Çeneento
Lithuanian: Kuoduotasis vieversys, paprastasis kuoduotasis vieversys, Paprastasis vieversys
Latvian: Cekulainais cīrulis, cekulcīrulis
Macedonian: Цуцулеста чучулига
Mongolian: божирго, өвөгт хайргацай, номхон бор, Согсоот божирго, Согсоот болжмор, хайргацай, 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
Moldavian: Ciocârlan
Maltese: Ċuqlajta tat-Toppu
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): өвөгт хайргацай, номхон бор, хайргацай болжмор
Nepali: जुरे भारद्वाज
Dutch: Kuifleeuwerik, Kuifleeuwerik (cristata groep)
Norwegian Nynorsk: Topplerke
Norwegian: Topplerke
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): kiuru, peldokiuru
Polish: dzierlatka, dzierlatka (zwyczajna)
Pinyin: ā-lán, dà ā-lè, fèng-tóu, fèng-tóu bǎi-líng
Portuguese: Cotovia-de-poupa
Portuguese (Portugal): Cotovia-de-poupa
Romansh: Lodola da la cresta
Rhaeto-Romance: Lodola da la cresta
Romanian: Ciocârlan
Russian: Жаворонок хохлатый, Хохлатый жаворонок
Northern Sami: Vuoktaleivvoš
Slovak: pipíška chochlatá
Slovenian: čopasti škrjanec
Albanian: Dervishi
Serbian: ćubasta ševa
Swedish: Tofslärka
Swahili: Suzanne
Tajik: сӯфитурғайи пӯпидор
Turkmen: mollatorgaý
Turkish: Tepeli Toygar, Айдарлы бозторғай
Tatar: бүрекле тургай
Tuvinian: Yвүргей хамнаарак, үвүргей хамнаарак
Udmurt: такъяѐ тюрагай, чуко тюрагай
Ukrainian: Посмітюха, Посмітюха звичайна
Uzbek: сўфитўрғай
Kalmyk: залата торһа
Chinese: 凤头百灵, 大阿勒, 阿兰, 风头
Chinese (Traditional): 大阿勒, 阿蘭, 鳳頭, 鳳頭百靈