Calandra Lark
Melanocorypha calandra
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Larks (Alaudidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra) or European calandra-lark breeds in warm temperate countries around the Mediterranean and eastwards through Turkey into northern Iran and southern Russia. It is replaced further east by its relative, the bimaculated lark.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Egypt
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Malta
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- North Macedonia
- Palestine
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Western Sahara
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Calandra lark
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
