Skylarks
Alauda
Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The current genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Eurasian Skylark
speciesAlauda arvensis
Oriental Skylark
speciesAlauda gulgula
White-winged Lark
speciesAlauda leucoptera
Raso Skylark
speciesAlauda razae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.113
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.263
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.263
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.226
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7346.