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Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensis · Family Alaudidae
Alauda arvensis
Family Alaudidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Alaudidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,711,594
- Countries and territories with records
- 108
About this species
This species has 3,711,594 occurrence records from 108 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (17.8%), France (14.2%), the United Kingdom (12%), Denmark (10.3%) and the Netherlands (8.7%); together they account for 63.1% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.65% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Alauda arvensis combines the genus name Alauda with the species epithet arvensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Alauda; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Alauda gulgula, Alauda leucoptera and Alauda razae.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 76 species of the family Alaudidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 30.6 times the family average (121,209). The family Alaudidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.